diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c010786..84f775a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ language: python
 
 python:
 #  - "2.6"
-#  - "2.7"
+  - "2.7"
   - "3.3"
   - "3.4"
   - "3.5"
diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst
index d4cf6a7..3e70bcd 100644
--- a/doc/index.rst
+++ b/doc/index.rst
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ head around ambiguous, undocumented APIs. PodGen incorporates the industry's
 best practices and lets you focus on collecting the necessary metadata and
 publishing the podcast.
 
+PodGen is compatible with Python 2.7 and 3.3+.
+
 
 User Guide
 ----------
diff --git a/doc/user/installation.rst b/doc/user/installation.rst
index b91b64c..87f1288 100644
--- a/doc/user/installation.rst
+++ b/doc/user/installation.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 Installation
 ============
 
+PodGen can be used on any system (if not: file a bug report!), and supports
+Python 2.7 and 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5.
+
 Use `pip <https://pypi.python.org/pypi>`_::
 
     $ pip install podgen
diff --git a/podgen/media.py b/podgen/media.py
index 4a18bde..0fe6478 100644
--- a/podgen/media.py
+++ b/podgen/media.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 """
 import warnings
 from future.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
+from future.utils import raise_from
 import datetime
 
 from podgen.not_supported_by_itunes_warning import NotSupportedByItunesWarning
@@ -246,11 +247,11 @@ def get_type(self, url):
         try:
             return self.file_types[file_extension]
         except KeyError as e:
-            raise ValueError("The file extension %s was not recognized, which "
-                             "means it's not supported by iTunes. If this is "
-                             "intended, please provide the type yourself so "
-                             "clients can see what type of file it is."
-                             % file_extension) from e
+            raise_from(ValueError(
+                "The file extension %s was not recognized, which means it's "
+                "not supported by iTunes. If this is intended, please provide "
+                "the type yourself so clients can see what type of file it is."
+                % file_extension), e)
 
     @property
     def duration(self):
diff --git a/podgen/podcast.py b/podgen/podcast.py
index 50d7a8b..c49c175 100644
--- a/podgen/podcast.py
+++ b/podgen/podcast.py
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ def _get_xslt_pi(self):
         return etree.tostring(etree.ProcessingInstruction(
             "xml-stylesheet",
             'type="text/xsl" href="' + quote_sanitized + '"',
-        ), encoding=str)
+        ), encoding="UTF-8").decode("UTF-8")
 
     def __str__(self):
         """Print the podcast in RSS format, using the default options.
@@ -660,12 +660,12 @@ def rss_str(self, minimize=False, encoding='UTF-8',
             lines and adding properly indentation, saving bytes at the cost of
             readability (default: False).
         :type minimize: bool
-        :param encoding: Encoding used in the XML file (default: UTF-8).
+        :param encoding: Encoding used in the XML declaration (default: UTF-8).
         :type encoding: str
         :param xml_declaration: Whether an XML declaration should be added to
             the output (default: True).
         :type xml_declaration: bool
-        :returns: The generated RSS feed as a :obj:`str`.
+        :returns: The generated RSS feed as a :obj:`str` (unicode in 2.7)
         """
         feed = self._create_rss()
         rss = etree.tostring(feed, pretty_print=not minimize, encoding=encoding,
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ def skip_days(self, days):
                 if not d.lower() in ['monday', 'tuesday', 'wednesday', 'thursday',
                         'friday', 'saturday', 'sunday']:
                     raise ValueError('Invalid day %s' % d)
-            self.__skip_days = {day.capitalize() for day in days}
+            self.__skip_days = set(day.capitalize() for day in days)
         else:
             self.__skip_days = None
 
diff --git a/podgen/tests/test_media.py b/podgen/tests/test_media.py
index 5d25801..aa1cda0 100644
--- a/podgen/tests/test_media.py
+++ b/podgen/tests/test_media.py
@@ -112,13 +112,13 @@ def test_autoRecognizeType(self):
         # Mapping between url file extension and type given by iTunes
         # https://help.apple.com/itc/podcasts_connect/#/itcb54353390
         types = {
-            '.mp3': {"audio/mpeg"},
-            '.m4a': {"audio/x-m4a"},
-            '.mov': {"video/quicktime"},
-            '.mp4': {"video/mp4"},
-            '.m4v': {"video/x-m4v"},
-            '.pdf': {"application/pdf"},
-            '.epub': {"document/x-epub"},
+            '.mp3': set(["audio/mpeg"]),
+            '.m4a': set(["audio/x-m4a"]),
+            '.mov': set(["video/quicktime"]),
+            '.mp4': set(["video/mp4"]),
+            '.m4v': set(["video/x-m4v"]),
+            '.pdf': set(["application/pdf"]),
+            '.epub': set(["document/x-epub"]),
         }
 
         for (file_extension, allowed_types) in iteritems(types):
diff --git a/podgen/tests/test_podcast.py b/podgen/tests/test_podcast.py
index f5accb8..4a42911 100644
--- a/podgen/tests/test_podcast.py
+++ b/podgen/tests/test_podcast.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from lxml import etree
 import tempfile
 import os
+from future.utils import raise_from
 
 from podgen import Person, Category, Podcast
 import podgen.version
@@ -53,8 +54,8 @@ def setUp(self):
                             'email': 'Contributor email'}
         self.copyright = "The copyright notice"
         self.docs = 'http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification'
-        self.skip_days = {'Tuesday'}
-        self.skip_hours = {23}
+        self.skip_days = set(['Tuesday'])
+        self.skip_hours = set([23])
 
         self.explicit = False
 
@@ -454,12 +455,12 @@ def test_mandatoryValues(self):
         # Try to create a Podcast once for each mandatory property.
         # On each iteration, exactly one of the properties is not set.
         # Therefore, an exception should be thrown on each iteration.
-        mandatory_properties = {
+        mandatory_properties = set([
             "description",
             "title",
             "link",
             "explicit",
-        }
+        ])
 
         for test_property in mandatory_properties:
             fg = Podcast()
@@ -474,8 +475,8 @@ def test_mandatoryValues(self):
             try:
                 self.assertRaises(ValueError, fg._create_rss)
             except AssertionError as e:
-                raise AssertionError("The test failed for %s" % test_property)\
-                    from e
+                raise_from(AssertionError(
+                    "The test failed for %s" % test_property), e)
 
     def test_withholdFromItunesOffByDefault(self):
         assert not self.fg.withhold_from_itunes
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index d3d14ad..9932eec 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ PodGen (forked from python-feedgen)
 
 
 This module can be used to generate podcast feeds in RSS format, and is
-compatible with Python 3.3+.
+compatible with Python 2.7 and 3.3+.
 
 It is licensed under the terms of both, the FreeBSD license and the LGPLv3+.
 Choose the one which is more convenient for you. For more details have a look
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d72f915..23221a4 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
             'Natural Language :: English',
             'Operating System :: OS Independent',
             'Programming Language :: Python',
-            'Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only',
+            'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
+            'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+            'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
             'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
             'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
             'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',