diff --git a/rq/queue.py b/rq/queue.py
index f359595..a8c27d4 100644
--- a/rq/queue.py
+++ b/rq/queue.py
@@ -1,9 +1,36 @@
 import times
-from functools import total_ordering
 from .connections import get_current_connection
 from .job import Job
 from .exceptions import NoSuchJobError, UnpickleError, InvalidJobOperationError
 
+""" Backport to work with Python 2.6 """
+def total_ordering(cls):
+    """Class decorator that fills in missing ordering methods"""
+    convert = {
+        '__lt__': [('__gt__', lambda self, other: not (self < other or self == other)),
+                   ('__le__', lambda self, other: self < other or self == other),
+                   ('__ge__', lambda self, other: not self < other)],
+        '__le__': [('__ge__', lambda self, other: not self <= other or self == other),
+                   ('__lt__', lambda self, other: self <= other and not self == other),
+                   ('__gt__', lambda self, other: not self <= other)],
+        '__gt__': [('__lt__', lambda self, other: not (self > other or self == other)),
+                   ('__ge__', lambda self, other: self > other or self == other),
+                   ('__le__', lambda self, other: not self > other)],
+        '__ge__': [('__le__', lambda self, other: (not self >= other) or self == other),
+                   ('__gt__', lambda self, other: self >= other and not self == other),
+                   ('__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: < > <= >=')
+    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
+
 
 def get_failed_queue(connection=None):
     """Returns a handle to the special failed queue."""