diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 029cbc472d9429be1e1d45d56d03504817b1dde1..1211b9b79b89c6b63d9cee2d5d7a1ebc6e43ca7c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ def install_weboob():
         'requests>=2.0.0',
         'python-dateutil',
         'PyYAML',
+        'six',
     ]
     try:
         import Image
diff --git a/weboob/browser/browsers.py b/weboob/browser/browsers.py
index d7de961162a46f2136fbf1d726f8193d917823d0..712333db6d41bab0ff21148e31c09cb87a077922 100644
--- a/weboob/browser/browsers.py
+++ b/weboob/browser/browsers.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 from weboob.exceptions import BrowserHTTPSDowngrade, ModuleInstallError
 
 from weboob.tools.log import getLogger
-from weboob.tools.compat import basestring, unicode
+from weboob.tools.compat import basestring, unicode, with_metaclass
 from weboob.tools.json import json
 
 from .cookies import WeboobCookieJar
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ def __new__(mcs, name, bases, attrs):
         return new_class
 
 
-class PagesBrowser(DomainBrowser):
+class PagesBrowser(with_metaclass(_PagesBrowserMeta, DomainBrowser)):
     r"""
     A browser which works pages and keep state of navigation.
 
@@ -643,7 +643,6 @@ class PagesBrowser(DomainBrowser):
 
 
     _urls = None
-    __metaclass__ = _PagesBrowserMeta
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         if self._urls is not None and name in self._urls:
diff --git a/weboob/browser/elements.py b/weboob/browser/elements.py
index 496c3214873db399b001f46b2933fbfa12b48c41..82ce2cb3d140f4050bb963b9ff876728a1976900 100644
--- a/weboob/browser/elements.py
+++ b/weboob/browser/elements.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import lxml.html
 
 from weboob.tools.log import getLogger, DEBUG_FILTERS
-from weboob.tools.compat import basestring, unicode
+from weboob.tools.compat import basestring, unicode, with_metaclass
 from weboob.browser.pages import NextPage
 
 from .filters.standard import _Filter, CleanText
@@ -229,9 +229,7 @@ def __new__(mcs, name, bases, attrs):
         return new_class
 
 
-class ItemElement(AbstractElement):
-    __metaclass__ = _ItemElementMeta
-
+class ItemElement(with_metaclass(_ItemElementMeta, AbstractElement)):
     _attrs = None
     _loaders = None
     klass = None
diff --git a/weboob/browser/filters/json.py b/weboob/browser/filters/json.py
index fc12b78494a07dc7cb8163fe1f77051065032f9d..803c90cf58dc81bc9751167c608b6425b670a67f 100644
--- a/weboob/browser/filters/json.py
+++ b/weboob/browser/filters/json.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-from weboob.tools.compat import basestring
+from weboob.tools.compat import basestring, with_metaclass
 
 from .standard import _Filter, _NO_DEFAULT, Filter, ParseError
 
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ def __getitem__(cls, name):
         return cls(name)
 
 
-class Dict(Filter):
-    __metaclass__ = _DictMeta
-
+class Dict(with_metaclass(_DictMeta, Filter)):
     def __init__(self, selector=None, default=_NO_DEFAULT):
         super(Dict, self).__init__(self, default=default)
         if selector is None:
diff --git a/weboob/capabilities/base.py b/weboob/capabilities/base.py
index c3336a42e2f1681eef8c13639cdf6858faa15c97..d435a8a9872b7488ab94b324871fb87135f3cf4a 100644
--- a/weboob/capabilities/base.py
+++ b/weboob/capabilities/base.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from decimal import Decimal
 from copy import deepcopy, copy
 
-from weboob.tools.compat import unicode, long
+from weboob.tools.compat import unicode, long, with_metaclass
 from weboob.tools.misc import to_unicode
 
 
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ def __new__(cls, name, bases, attrs):
         return new_class
 
 
-class BaseObject(object):
+class BaseObject(with_metaclass(_BaseObjectMeta, object)):
     """
     This is the base class for a capability object.
 
@@ -340,8 +340,6 @@ class Transfer(BaseObject):
     The docstring is mandatory.
     """
 
-    __metaclass__ = _BaseObjectMeta
-
     id = None
     backend = None
     url = StringField('url')
diff --git a/weboob/tools/compat.py b/weboob/tools/compat.py
index 6b4c1d20b4bc0b9b4cd252bfcf3641569d969e8e..25d7769a5274f5a185942fcc5c992b7b73b57f50 100644
--- a/weboob/tools/compat.py
+++ b/weboob/tools/compat.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 # along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
-__all__ = ['unicode', 'long', 'basestring', 'check_output', 'range']
+__all__ = ['unicode', 'long', 'basestring', 'check_output', 'range',
+           'with_metaclass']
 
 
 try:
@@ -44,3 +45,9 @@
 
 
 from subprocess import check_output
+
+
+try:
+    from future.utils import with_metaclass
+except ImportError:
+    from six import with_metaclass