diff --git a/www/wsgicustom.wsgi b/www/wsgicustom.wsgi
index ef6c10b7..b64d8b9d 100644
--- a/www/wsgicustom.wsgi
+++ b/www/wsgicustom.wsgi
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
+# Work around <https://bugs.python.org/issue7980>
+import _strptime
+
 root_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 sys.path.insert(0, root_dir)
 os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'conservancy.settings'