diff --git a/socketIO_client/symmetries.py b/socketIO_client/symmetries.py
index de9dbfe..f100ec6 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/symmetries.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/symmetries.py
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ try:
     from urlparse import urlparse as parse_url
 except ImportError:
     from urllib.parse import urlparse as parse_url
+try:
+    memoryview = memoryview
+except NameError:
+    memoryview = buffer
 
 
 def get_character(x, index):
diff --git a/socketIO_client/transports.py b/socketIO_client/transports.py
index 03bb69f..f4b4a7c 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/transports.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/transports.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from .exceptions import ConnectionError, TimeoutError
 from .parsers import (
     encode_engineIO_content, decode_engineIO_content,
     format_packet_text, parse_packet_text)
-from .symmetries import format_query, parse_url
+from .symmetries import format_query, memoryview, parse_url
 
 
 if not hasattr(websocket, 'create_connection'):