diff --git a/roles/geoip-city-wsgi/app/files/geoip-city.wsgi b/roles/geoip-city-wsgi/app/files/geoip-city.wsgi
index 94358205aa..dc5822c428 100755
--- a/roles/geoip-city-wsgi/app/files/geoip-city.wsgi
+++ b/roles/geoip-city-wsgi/app/files/geoip-city.wsgi
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
 #  accelerator) in front of the application server running this WSGI,
 #  to avoid looking "behind" the real client's own forward HTTP proxy.
 
-from string import zfill, atoi, strip, replace
 from paste.wsgiwrappers import *
-import GeoIP
+from iso3166 import countries
+import geoip2.database
+import geoip2.errors
 import json
 
 global gi
-gi = GeoIP.open("/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLiteCity.dat", GeoIP.GEOIP_STANDARD)
-gi.set_charset(GeoIP.GEOIP_CHARSET_UTF8)
+gi = geoip2.database.Reader("/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-City.mmdb")
 
 
 def real_client_ip(xforwardedfor):
@@ -32,18 +32,18 @@ def get_client_ip(environ, request):
     request_data = request.GET
 
     if 'ip' in request_data:
-        client_ip = strip(request_data['ip'])
+        client_ip = request_data['ip'].strip()
     elif 'X-Forwarded-For' in request.headers and 'geoip_city.noreverseproxy' not in environ:
-        client_ip = real_client_ip(strip(request.headers['X-Forwarded-For']))
+        client_ip = real_client_ip(request.headers['X-Forwarded-For'].strip())
     else:
         client_ip = request.environ['REMOTE_ADDR']
 
-    client_ip = unicode(client_ip, 'utf8', 'replace')
     return client_ip
 
 def application(environ, start_response):
     request = WSGIRequest(environ)
     response = WSGIResponse()
+    results = {}
     code = 500
 
     try:
@@ -51,15 +51,39 @@ def application(environ, start_response):
         if client_ip is None:
             code = 400
             raise Exception
-        results =  gi.record_by_addr(client_ip)
-        if results is None:
+        data = gi.city(client_ip)
+        if data is None:
             code = 404
             raise Exception
+    except geoip2.errors.AddressNotFoundError:
+        response.status_code = 404
+        return response(environ, start_response)
     except: 
         response.status_code=code
         return response(environ, start_response)
 
     results['ip'] = client_ip
+
+    # map geoip2 data to a structure that matches the prior geoip format
+    results['city']         = data.city.name
+    results['region_name']  = data.subdivisions.most_specific.name
+    results['region']       = data.subdivisions.most_specific.iso_code
+    results['postal_code']  = data.postal.code
+    results['country_name'] = data.country.name
+    results['country_code'] = data.country.iso_code
+    results['time_zone']    = data.location.time_zone
+    results['latitude']     = data.location.latitude
+    results['longitude']    = data.location.longitude
+    results['metro_code']   = data.location.metro_code
+    results['dma_code']     = data.location.metro_code
+
+    # geoip2 no longer includes country_code3, so it has to be pulled
+    # from iso3166.countries
+    if data.country.iso_code in countries:
+        results['country_code3'] = countries[data.country.iso_code].alpha3
+    else:
+        results['country_code3'] = None
+
     results = json.dumps(results)
     response.headers['Content-Length'] = str(len(results))
     response.write(results)
diff --git a/roles/geoip-city-wsgi/app/tasks/main.yml b/roles/geoip-city-wsgi/app/tasks/main.yml
index 3f0fea39ed..8f2e512fa5 100644
--- a/roles/geoip-city-wsgi/app/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/geoip-city-wsgi/app/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,23 +3,14 @@
 #
 # This is the role for geoip-city-wsgi.
 #
-# install python-paste-deploy
-- name: install python-paste-deploy
-  package: name=python-paste-deploy state=present
-  tags:
-  - packages
-  - geoip-city-wsgi
-  - geoip-city-wsgi/app
-
-- name: install GeoIP-data
-  package: name=GeoIP-data state=present
-  tags:
-  - packages
-  - geoip-city-wsgi
-  - geoip-city-wsgi/app
-
-- name: link the data file to the one we use
-  file: state=link dest=/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPCity.dat src=/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLiteCity.dat
+# install necessary packages
+- name: install python-paste-deploy geolite2-city python2-iso3166
+  package:
+    name:
+      - python-paste-deploy
+      - geolite2-city
+      - python2-iso3166
+    state: present
 
 - name: install geoip-city-wsgi.conf file
   copy: >