diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7859fcd8..9df78fcf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # © 2015 James R. Barlow: github.com/jbarlow83
 
+from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
 from setuptools import setup
 from subprocess import Popen, STDOUT, check_output, CalledProcessError
 from string import Template
@@ -9,6 +10,10 @@ import re
 import sys
 
 
+if sys.version_info.major < 3:
+    print("Python 2 is not supported")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
 missing_program = '''
 The program '{program}' could not be executed or was not found on your
 system PATH.