diff --git a/eventlib/processes.py b/eventlib/processes.py
index bdc1349..6355617 100644
--- a/eventlib/processes.py
+++ b/eventlib/processes.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import errno
 import os
-import popen2
+import subprocess
 import signal
 
 from eventlib import coros
@@ -98,10 +98,10 @@ class Process(object):
         self.popen4 = None
 
         ## We use popen4 so that read() will read from either stdout or stderr
-        self.popen4 = popen2.Popen4([self.command] + self.args)
+        self.popen4 = subprocess.Popen([self.command] + self.args, shell=True, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, close_fds=True)
         self.event = _add_child_pobj(self.popen4)
-        child_stdout_stderr = self.popen4.fromchild
-        child_stdin = self.popen4.tochild
+        child_stdout_stderr = self.popen4.stdout
+        child_stdin = self.popen4.stdin
         greenio.set_nonblocking(child_stdout_stderr)
         greenio.set_nonblocking(child_stdin)
         self.child_stdout_stderr = greenio.GreenPipe(child_stdout_stderr)