diff --git a/tests/test-ui-verbosity.py b/tests/test-ui-verbosity.py
--- a/tests/test-ui-verbosity.py
+++ b/tests/test-ui-verbosity.py
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 
 import os
 from mercurial import (
+    pycompat,
     ui as uimod,
 )
 
+if pycompat.ispy3:
+    xrange = range
+
 hgrc = os.environ['HGRCPATH']
 f = open(hgrc)
 basehgrc = f.read()