diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e12583a06..81a3c8487 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ Attic Changelog
 
 Here you can see the full list of changes between each Attic release.
 
+Version 0.15
+------------
+
+(feature release, released on X)
+- Fix Python 3.2 compatibility issue with noatime open() (#164)
+
 Version 0.14
 ------------
 
diff --git a/attic/archive.py b/attic/archive.py
index 33770650d..d78ce4b85 100644
--- a/attic/archive.py
+++ b/attic/archive.py
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ has_mtime_ns = sys.version >= '3.3'
 has_lchmod = hasattr(os, 'lchmod')
 has_lchflags = hasattr(os, 'lchflags')
 
+# Python <= 3.2 raises OSError instead of PermissionError (See #164)
+try:
+    PermissionError = PermissionError
+except NameError:
+    PermissionError = OSError
+
 
 class DownloadPipeline: