diff --git a/patacrep/__init__.py b/patacrep/__init__.py
index 104a538a..3f37b681 100644
--- a/patacrep/__init__.py
+++ b/patacrep/__init__.py
@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@
 from pkg_resources import resource_filename
 import os
 
-# Version
+# Check Python version
+import sys
+if sys.version_info < (3, 3):
+    print("ERROR: Your Python version is too old. Please use a Python version > 3.3.")
+    sys.exit(1)
 
+# Patacrep version.
 __TUPLE_VERSION__ = (4, 0, 0, "alpha")
 __version__ = '.'.join([str(number) for number in __TUPLE_VERSION__])