diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py b/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py
index 14c97000e66..0641459f96e 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py
@@ -571,8 +571,15 @@ class _SelectorSslTransport(_SelectorTransport):
                 # context; in that case the sslcontext passed is None.
                 # The default is the same as used by urllib with
                 # cadefault=True.
-                sslcontext = ssl._create_stdlib_context(
-                    cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
+                if hasattr(ssl, '_create_stdlib_context'):
+                    sslcontext = ssl._create_stdlib_context(
+                        cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
+                else:
+                    # Fallback for Python 3.3.
+                    sslcontext = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23)
+                    sslcontext.options |= ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2
+                    sslcontext.set_default_verify_paths()
+                    sslcontext.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
 
         wrap_kwargs = {
             'server_side': server_side,