diff --git a/docs/source/usage/other.rst b/docs/source/usage/other.rst
index 108ec3ed..c160339f 100644
--- a/docs/source/usage/other.rst
+++ b/docs/source/usage/other.rst
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ class from :py:class:`pdb.Pdb` and decorate it with
 
 just like you used ``python -m pdb``.
 
+.. note:
+   If you are using Python-2.6 you need to use ``python 
+   -mpowerline.bindings.pdb.__main__``, not what is shown above.
+
 .. warning:
    Using PyPy (not PyPy3) forces ASCII-only prompts. In other cases unicode 
    characters are allowed, even if you use `pdbpp 
diff --git a/tests/test_shells/test.sh b/tests/test_shells/test.sh
index effd3c45..d436080e 100755
--- a/tests/test_shells/test.sh
+++ b/tests/test_shells/test.sh
@@ -464,9 +464,13 @@ if  test "x${ONLY_SHELL}" = "x" || test "x${ONLY_SHELL}" = "xpdb" ; then
 		fi
 		if test "x${ONLY_TEST_TYPE}" = "x" || test "x${ONLY_TEST_TYPE}" = "xmodule" ; then
 			echo "> pdb module"
-			if ! run_test module python $PDB_PYTHON -mpowerline.bindings.pdb "$PWD/tests/test_shells/pdb-script.py" ; then
+			MODULE="powerline.bindings.pdb"
+			if test "$PYTHON_MM" = "2.6" ; then
+				MODULE="powerline.bindings.pdb.__main__"
+			fi
+			if ! run_test module python $PDB_PYTHON -m$MODULE "$PWD/tests/test_shells/pdb-script.py" ; then
 				FAILED=1
-				FAIL_SUMMARY="${FAIL_SUMMARY}${NL}T pdb $PDB_PYTHON -mpowerline.bindings.pdb $PWD/tests/test_shells/pdb-script"
+				FAIL_SUMMARY="${FAIL_SUMMARY}${NL}T pdb $PDB_PYTHON -m$MODULE $PWD/tests/test_shells/pdb-script"
 			fi
 		fi
 	fi