diff --git a/bin/tinyerp-server.py b/bin/tinyerp-server.py
index 1fe6f3583bf..26b39eabfb9 100755
--- a/bin/tinyerp-server.py
+++ b/bin/tinyerp-server.py
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ __builtin__.__dict__['tinyerp_version_string'] = "Tiny ERP Server " + __version_
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 import sys,os,signal
 
+#----------------------------------------------------------
+# ubuntu 8.04 has obsoleted `pyxml` package and installs here.
+# the path needs to be updated before any `import xml`
+#----------------------------------------------------------
+_oldxml = '/usr/lib/python%s/site-packages/oldxml' % sys.version[:3]
+if os.path.exists(_oldxml):
+    sys.path.append(_oldxml)
+
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 # get logger
 #----------------------------------------------------------