diff --git a/oslo/messaging/openstack/common/__init__.py b/oslo/messaging/openstack/common/__init__.py
index e69de29bb..d1223eaf7 100644
--- a/oslo/messaging/openstack/common/__init__.py
+++ b/oslo/messaging/openstack/common/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import six
+
+
+six.add_move(six.MovedModule('mox', 'mox', 'mox3.mox'))
diff --git a/oslo/messaging/openstack/common/jsonutils.py b/oslo/messaging/openstack/common/jsonutils.py
index 24f3784d8..72cc2ee28 100644
--- a/oslo/messaging/openstack/common/jsonutils.py
+++ b/oslo/messaging/openstack/common/jsonutils.py
@@ -35,18 +35,20 @@ import datetime
 import functools
 import inspect
 import itertools
-import json
-try:
-    import xmlrpclib
-except ImportError:
-    # NOTE(jaypipes): xmlrpclib was renamed to xmlrpc.client in Python3
-    #                 however the function and object call signatures
-    #                 remained the same. This whole try/except block should
-    #                 be removed and replaced with a call to six.moves once
-    #                 six 1.4.2 is released. See http://bit.ly/1bqrVzu
-    import xmlrpc.client as xmlrpclib
+import sys
+
+if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
+    # On Python <= 2.6, json module is not C boosted, so try to use
+    # simplejson module if available
+    try:
+        import simplejson as json
+    except ImportError:
+        import json
+else:
+    import json
 
 import six
+import six.moves.xmlrpc_client as xmlrpclib
 
 from oslo.messaging.openstack.common import gettextutils
 from oslo.messaging.openstack.common import importutils