diff --git a/sphinxcontrib/versioning/sphinx_.py b/sphinxcontrib/versioning/sphinx_.py
index a90587d4f..1d58117a9 100644
--- a/sphinxcontrib/versioning/sphinx_.py
+++ b/sphinxcontrib/versioning/sphinx_.py
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-from sphinx import application, build_main, locale
+from sphinx import application, locale
+try:
+    from sphinx import build_main
+except ImportError:
+    # Sphinx 1.7+ ImportError fix
+    from sphinx.cmd.build import build_main
 from sphinx.builders.html import StandaloneHTMLBuilder
 from sphinx.config import Config as SphinxConfig
 from sphinx.errors import SphinxError