diff --git a/django/db/transaction.py b/django/db/transaction.py
index 906995ca02..60a743c42a 100644
--- a/django/db/transaction.py
+++ b/django/db/transaction.py
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ Managed transactions don't do those commits, but will need some kind of manual
 or implicit commits or rollbacks.
 """
 
-import thread
+try:
+    import thread
+except ImportError:
+    import dummy_thread as thread
 from django.db import connection
 from django.conf import settings
 
diff --git a/django/utils/_threading_local.py b/django/utils/_threading_local.py
index 90717a8d84..bf9a25753a 100644
--- a/django/utils/_threading_local.py
+++ b/django/utils/_threading_local.py
@@ -234,4 +234,7 @@ class local(_localbase):
         return __del__
     __del__ = __del__()
 
-from threading import currentThread, enumerate, RLock
+try:
+    from threading import currentThread, enumerate, RLock
+except ImportError:
+    from dummy_threading import currentThread, enumerate, RLock