diff --git a/rq/compat.py b/rq/compat.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a10576f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rq/compat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import sys
+
+
+def is_python_version(*versions):
+    for version in versions:
+        if (sys.version_info[0] == version[0] and
+                sys.version_info >= version):
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+# functools.total_ordering is only available from Python 2.7 and 3.2
+if is_python_version((2, 7), (3, 2)):
+    from functools import total_ordering
+else:
+    def total_ordering(cls):  # noqa
+        """Class decorator that fills in missing ordering methods"""
+        convert = {
+            '__lt__': [('__gt__', lambda self, other: other < self),
+                    ('__le__', lambda self, other: not other < self),
+                    ('__ge__', lambda self, other: not self < other)],
+            '__le__': [('__ge__', lambda self, other: other <= self),
+                    ('__lt__', lambda self, other: not other <= self),
+                    ('__gt__', lambda self, other: not self <= other)],
+            '__gt__': [('__lt__', lambda self, other: other > self),
+                    ('__ge__', lambda self, other: not other > self),
+                    ('__le__', lambda self, other: not self > other)],
+            '__ge__': [('__le__', lambda self, other: other >= self),
+                    ('__gt__', lambda self, other: not other >= self),
+                    ('__lt__', lambda self, other: not self >= other)]
+        }
+        roots = set(dir(cls)) & set(convert)
+        if not roots:
+            raise ValueError('must define at least one ordering operation: < > <= >=')  # noqa
+        root = max(roots)       # prefer __lt__ to __le__ to __gt__ to __ge__
+        for opname, opfunc in convert[root]:
+            if opname not in roots:
+                opfunc.__name__ = opname
+                opfunc.__doc__ = getattr(int, opname).__doc__
+                setattr(cls, opname, opfunc)
+        return cls
diff --git a/rq/queue.py b/rq/queue.py
index f359595..6940b9b 100644
--- a/rq/queue.py
+++ b/rq/queue.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import times
-from functools import total_ordering
 from .connections import get_current_connection
 from .job import Job
 from .exceptions import NoSuchJobError, UnpickleError, InvalidJobOperationError
+from .compat import total_ordering
 
 
 def get_failed_queue(connection=None):