diff --git a/imcsdk/imcdriver.py b/imcsdk/imcdriver.py
index 01ffad7b..37414a73 100644
--- a/imcsdk/imcdriver.py
+++ b/imcsdk/imcdriver.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def connect(self):
             self.sock = sock
             self._tunnel()
 
-        if sys.version_info >= (2, 7, 9):
+        if hasattr(ssl, 'SSLContext'):
             # Since python 2.7.9, tls 1.1 and 1.2 are supported via
             # SSLContext
             ssl_context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23)