diff --git a/tests/basic_test_result.py b/tests/basic_test_result.py
--- a/tests/basic_test_result.py
+++ b/tests/basic_test_result.py
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
 
+import sys
 import unittest
 
+if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
+    base_class = unittest._TextTestResult
+else:
+    base_class = unittest.TextTestResult
 
-class TestResult(unittest._TextTestResult):
+
+class TestResult(base_class):
     def __init__(self, options, *args, **kwargs):
         super(TestResult, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self._options = options
diff --git a/tests/run-tests.py b/tests/run-tests.py
--- a/tests/run-tests.py
+++ b/tests/run-tests.py
@@ -2233,12 +2233,15 @@
 firstlock = threading.RLock()
 firsterror = False
 
-
-class TestResult(unittest._TextTestResult):
+if PYTHON3:
+    base_class = unittest.TextTestResult
+else:
+    base_class = unittest._TextTestResult
+
+
+class TestResult(base_class):
     """Holds results when executing via unittest."""
 
-    # Don't worry too much about accessing the non-public _TextTestResult.
-    # It is relatively common in Python testing tools.
     def __init__(self, options, *args, **kwargs):
         super(TestResult, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)