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-rw-r--r--scripts/qapi.py4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/qapi.py b/scripts/qapi.py
index 817d824bea..88fa073184 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi.py
@@ -944,7 +944,9 @@ def cgen(code, **kwds):
raw = code % kwds
if indent_level:
indent = genindent(indent_level)
- raw = re.subn("^.", indent + r'\g<0>', raw, 0, re.MULTILINE)
+ # re.subn() lacks flags support before Python 2.7, use re.compile()
+ raw = re.subn(re.compile("^.", re.MULTILINE),
+ indent + r'\g<0>', raw)
raw = raw[0]
return re.sub(re.escape(eatspace) + ' *', '', raw)