diff --git a/borg/helpers.py b/borg/helpers.py
index 0da9918f8..45d200a48 100644
--- a/borg/helpers.py
+++ b/borg/helpers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import argparse
+from .support import argparse  # see support/__init__.py docstring
+                               # DEPRECATED - remove after requiring py 3.4
+
 import binascii
 from collections import namedtuple
 from functools import wraps