diff --git a/python/tvm/relay/_parser.py b/python/tvm/relay/_parser.py
index eba92bf0c848..71e5bfaadff0 100644
--- a/python/tvm/relay/_parser.py
+++ b/python/tvm/relay/_parser.py
@@ -21,9 +21,21 @@
 
 import sys
 from ast import literal_eval
-from typing import Any, Deque, Dict, List, Optional, TypeVar, Tuple, Union
 from collections import deque
 
+try:
+    # no typing.Deque in Python 3.5
+    # https://bugs.python.org/issue29011
+    from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, TypeVar, Tuple, Union, MutableSequence, T, Deque
+except ImportError:
+    class Deque(deque, MutableSequence[T], extra=deque):
+
+        def __new__(cls, *args, **kwds):
+            if _geqv(cls, Deque):
+                raise TypeError("Type Deque cannot be instantiated; "
+                                "use deque() instead")
+            return deque.__new__(cls, *args, **kwds)
+
 import tvm
 
 from . import module