diff --git a/sigi/middleware.py b/sigi/middleware.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f736951
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sigi/middleware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+try:
+    # try use maintenancemode middleware from django-maintenancemode project
+    import maintenancemode.middleware
+    class MaintenanceModeMiddleware(maintenancemode.middleware.MaintenanceModeMiddleware):
+        pass
+except ImportError:
+    # otherwise, a thin wrapper for middleware
+    class MaintenanceModeMiddleware(object):
+        pass
diff --git a/sigi/settings.py b/sigi/settings.py
index 4e91752..bf81d1e 100644
--- a/sigi/settings.py
+++ b/sigi/settings.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     'django.middleware.gzip.GZipMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
-    'maintenancemode.middleware.MaintenanceModeMiddleware',
+    'sigi.middleware.MaintenanceModeMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.cache.CacheMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware',