diff --git a/Lib/sstruct.py b/Lib/sstruct.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aeb06c53f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/sstruct.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Added here for backward compatibility
+
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
+
+from fontTools.misc.sstruct import *
+from fontTools.misc.sstruct import __doc__
diff --git a/Lib/xmlWriter.py b/Lib/xmlWriter.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddf244a49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/xmlWriter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Added back here for backward compatibility
+
+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
+
+from fontTools.misc.xmlWriter import *
+from fontTools.misc.xmlWriter import __doc__