diff --git a/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py b/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
index e3de563..51c275f 100644
--- a/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
+++ b/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
@@ -881,7 +881,11 @@ class Interface(object):
         timeout = self._options['NetworkManager']['timeout']
         _log.debug('Starting request of %s (timeout %ds)' % (
             url, timeout))
-        response = urllib2.urlopen(request, timeout=timeout)
+        try:
+            response = urllib2.urlopen(request, timeout=timeout)
+        except TypeError, e:
+            # Python 2.5 don't have a timeout parameter
+            response = urllib2.urlopen(request)
         data = response.read()
         _log.debug('Request completed')
         return (url, data)