diff --git a/pandas/src/parser/tokenizer.c b/pandas/src/parser/tokenizer.c
index f817b202632e5..9a7303b6874db 100644
--- a/pandas/src/parser/tokenizer.c
+++ b/pandas/src/parser/tokenizer.c
@@ -2292,7 +2292,11 @@ double precise_xstrtod(const char *str, char **endptr, char decimal,
 double round_trip(const char *p, char **q, char decimal, char sci,
                   char tsep, int skip_trailing)
 {
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x02070000
+    return PyOS_string_to_double(p, q, 0);
+#else
     return strtod(p, q);
+#endif
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/pandas/src/parser/tokenizer.h b/pandas/src/parser/tokenizer.h
index 1ad7106ef123f..0947315fbe6b7 100644
--- a/pandas/src/parser/tokenizer.h
+++ b/pandas/src/parser/tokenizer.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ See LICENSE for the license
 #ifndef _PARSER_COMMON_H_
 #define _PARSER_COMMON_H_
 
+#include "Python.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>