diff --git a/eureka/client.py b/eureka/client.py
index c0222ff..957fb38 100644
--- a/eureka/client.py
+++ b/eureka/client.py
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 import json
 import random
-from urllib2 import URLError
-from urlparse import urljoin
+
 from eureka import requests
 from eureka import ec2metadata
 import logging
 import dns.resolver
 from eureka.requests import EurekaHTTPException
 
+try:
+    # Python 3 and later
+    from urllib.error import URLError
+    from urllib.parse import urljoin
+except ImportError:
+    # Python 2
+    from urllib2 import URLError
+    from urlparse import urljoin
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('eureka.client')
 
@@ -62,13 +69,15 @@ def __init__(self, app_name, eureka_url=None, eureka_domain_name=None, host_name
         # Relative URL to eureka
         self.context = context
         self.health_check_url = health_check_url
+
+    def init(self):
         self.eureka_urls = self.get_eureka_urls()
 
     def _get_txt_records_from_dns(self, domain):
         records = dns.resolver.query(domain, 'TXT')
         for record in records:
             for string in record.strings:
-                yield string
+                yield string.decode("UTF-8")
 
     def _get_zone_urls_from_dns(self, domain):
         for zone in self._get_txt_records_from_dns(domain):
diff --git a/eureka/ec2metadata.py b/eureka/ec2metadata.py
index 9d4f807..085eb9e 100644
--- a/eureka/ec2metadata.py
+++ b/eureka/ec2metadata.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def _test_connectivity(addr, port):
                 s.connect((addr, port))
                 s.close()
                 return True
-            except socket.error, e:
+            except socket.error as e:
                 time.sleep(1)
 
         return False
@@ -95,6 +95,6 @@ def display(metaopts, prefix=False):
             value = "unavailable"
 
         if prefix:
-            print "%s: %s" % (metaopt, value)
+            print("%s: %s" % (metaopt, value))
         else:
-            print value
+            print(value)
diff --git a/eureka/requests.py b/eureka/requests.py
index 49bd53d..c5d9a60 100644
--- a/eureka/requests.py
+++ b/eureka/requests.py
@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
-import urllib2
 from eureka import __version__ as client_version
 import gzip
-import StringIO
 
+try:
+    # Python 3 and later
+    from urllib.request import Request as UrllibReq
+    from urllib.request import build_opener
+    from urllib.error   import HTTPError
+    from io import StringIO
+except ImportError:
+    # Python 2
+    from urllib2 import Request as UrllibReq
+    from urllib2 import build_opener, HTTPError
+    import StringIO
 
 class EurekaHTTPException(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-class Request(urllib2.Request):
+class Request(UrllibReq):
     """
     Instead of requiring a version of `requests`, we use this easy wrapper around urllib2 to avoud possible
     version conflicts with people own software.
@@ -16,11 +25,11 @@ class Request(urllib2.Request):
     def __init__(self, url, method="GET", data=None, headers=None,
                  origin_req_host=None, unverifiable=False):
         self.method = method
-        self._opener = urllib2.build_opener()
+        self._opener = build_opener()
         self._opener.addheaders = [
             ('User-agent', 'python-eureka v%s' % client_version)
         ]
-        urllib2.Request.__init__(self, url, data=data, headers=headers or {},
+        UrllibReq.__init__(self, url, data=data, headers=headers or {},
                                  origin_req_host=origin_req_host, unverifiable=unverifiable)
 
     def get_method(self):
@@ -32,7 +41,7 @@ def create(cls, method, url, data=None, headers=None):
         request = cls(url, method, data=data, headers=headers)
         try:
             response = request._opener.open(request)
-        except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
+        except HTTPError as e:
             return Response(e.code, e.read(), url, method)
 
         content = response.read()
@@ -73,4 +82,4 @@ def put(url, data=None, headers=None):
 
 
 def delete(url, data=None, headers=None):
-    return Request.create("DELETE", url, data, headers)
\ No newline at end of file
+    return Request.create("DELETE", url, data, headers)