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)