diff --git a/gluon/contrib/markmin/markmin2html.py b/gluon/contrib/markmin/markmin2html.py
index ff092bac..45f78dd1 100755
--- a/gluon/contrib/markmin/markmin2html.py
+++ b/gluon/contrib/markmin/markmin2html.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 import re
 import urllib
-from pydal._compat import maketrans, urllib_quote, unicodeT, _local_html_escape, to_bytes, to_native, _local_html_escape as escape, xrange
+from pydal._compat import maketrans, urllib_quote, unicodeT, to_bytes, to_native, xrange
+from gluon.local_html_escape import local_html_escape as escape
 from ast import parse as ast_parse
 import ast