diff --git a/sprockets/clients/dynamodb/connector.py b/sprockets/clients/dynamodb/connector.py
index be3fedf..d3acf8b 100644
--- a/sprockets/clients/dynamodb/connector.py
+++ b/sprockets/clients/dynamodb/connector.py
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ from tornado_aws import exceptions as aws_exceptions
 from . import utils
 from . import exceptions
 
+# Stub ConnectionError for Python 2.7 that doesn't support it
+try:
+    ConnectionError
+except NameError:
+    class ConnectionError(Exception):
+        pass
+
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/tests/api_tests.py b/tests/api_tests.py
index 930a60d..4a5fb9a 100644
--- a/tests/api_tests.py
+++ b/tests/api_tests.py
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ from tornado_aws import exceptions as aws_exceptions
 from sprockets.clients import dynamodb
 from sprockets.clients.dynamodb import exceptions
 
+# Stub ConnectionError for Python 2.7 that doesn't support it
+try:
+    ConnectionError
+except NameError:
+    class ConnectionError(Exception):
+        pass
+
 
 class AsyncTestCase(testing.AsyncTestCase):