diff --git a/library/database/mongodb_user b/library/database/mongodb_user
index 748c41a089a..be3ad06c670 100644
--- a/library/database/mongodb_user
+++ b/library/database/mongodb_user
@@ -84,11 +84,16 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 
 import ConfigParser
 try:
-    from pymongo import MongoClient
     from pymongo.errors import ConnectionFailure
     from pymongo.errors import OperationFailure
+    from pymongo import MongoClient
 except ImportError:
-    pymongo_found = False
+    try:  # for older PyMongo 2.2
+        from pymongo import Connection as MongoClient
+    except ImportError:
+        pymongo_found = False
+    else:
+        pymongo_found = True
 else:
     pymongo_found = True