1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/setuptools/command/upload_docs.py b/setuptools/command/upload_docs.py
index e961a0df..213f7b58 100644
--- a/setuptools/command/upload_docs.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/upload_docs.py
@@ -12,10 +12,17 @@ import httplib
 import base64
 import urlparse
 import tempfile
+import sys
 
 from distutils import log
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsOptionError
-from distutils.command.upload import upload
+
+try:
+    from distutils.command.upload import upload
+except ImportError:
+    from setuptools.command.upload import upload
+
+_IS_PYTHON3 = sys.version > '3'
 
 try:
     bytes
@@ -89,10 +96,10 @@ class upload_docs(upload):
         }
         # set up the authentication
         credentials = self.username + ':' + self.password
-        try:  # base64 only works with bytes in Python 3.
+        if _IS_PYTHON3:  # base64 only works with bytes in Python 3.
             encoded_creds = base64.encodebytes(credentials.encode('utf8'))
-            auth = b"Basic "
-        except AttributeError:
+            auth = bytes("Basic ")
+        else:
             encoded_creds = base64.encodestring(credentials)
             auth = "Basic "
         auth += encoded_creds.strip()