diff --git a/lib/ansible/cache/jsonfile.py b/lib/ansible/cache/jsonfile.py
index a3768209bca..1ccf9b4a558 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/cache/jsonfile.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cache/jsonfile.py
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ import os
 import time
 import errno
 
+try:
+    import json
+except ImportError:
+    import simplejson as json
+
 from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible import utils
 from ansible.cache.base import BaseCacheModule