3 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 0cb6eff..f54ebe1 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Unreleased
     * --log-max-size: maximum size of log file before rotating
     * --password-file: file from which to read connection password
     * --pid-file: file to write PID to
+  * Made it possible to run miniircd in Python 3.
 
 1.1 (2015-05-22)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 65c4e39..007faa6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ Limitations
 Requirements
 ------------
 
-Python 2.6 or newer. Get it at http://www.python.org.
+Python 2.6 or newer. Get it at http://www.python.org. Python 3 should also
+work.
 
 Installation
 ------------
diff --git a/miniircd b/miniircd
index 3d40bd6..bf4d443 100755
--- a/miniircd
+++ b/miniircd
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ class Server(object):
 
     def make_pid_file(self, filename):
         try:
-            fd = os.open(filename, os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0644)
+            fd = os.open(filename, os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0o644)
             os.write(fd, "%i\n" % os.getpid())
             os.close(fd)
         except: