diff --git a/surf/rdf.py b/surf/rdf.py
index a5050e8..16fd317 100644
--- a/surf/rdf.py
+++ b/surf/rdf.py
@@ -60,5 +60,14 @@
     from rdflib.namespace import RDF, RDFS
     from rdflib.term import URIRef
 
+# 4.0 style imports
+if rdflib.__version__.startswith("4"):
+    from rdflib.term import BNode
+    from rdflib.graph import Graph, ConjunctiveGraph
+    from rdflib.term import Literal
+    from rdflib.namespace import ClosedNamespace, Namespace
+    from rdflib.namespace import RDF, RDFS
+    from rdflib.term import URIRef
+
 __exports__ = [BNode, ClosedNamespace, ConjunctiveGraph, Graph, Literal,
                Namespace, RDF, RDFS, URIRef]