diff --git a/callback_plugins/fedmsg_callback.py b/callback_plugins/fedmsg_callback.py
index 5dd5509089..bf00b31808 100644
--- a/callback_plugins/fedmsg_callback.py
+++ b/callback_plugins/fedmsg_callback.py
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ import pwd
 import fedmsg
 import fedmsg.config
 
+try:
+    from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
+except ImportError:
+    # Ansible v1 compat
+    CallbackBase = object
 
 def getlogin():
     try:
@@ -31,7 +36,7 @@ def getlogin():
     return user
 
 
-class CallbackModule(object):
+class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
     """ Publish playbook starts and stops to fedmsg. """
 
     playbook_path = None
diff --git a/callback_plugins/logdetail.py b/callback_plugins/logdetail.py
index fc328a0482..5954488e9e 100644
--- a/callback_plugins/logdetail.py
+++ b/callback_plugins/logdetail.py
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ import json
 import pwd
 from ansible import utils
 
+try:
+    from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
+except ImportError:
+    # Ansible v1 compat
+    CallbackBase = object
+
 TIME_FORMAT="%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S"
 
 MSG_FORMAT="%(now)s\t%(count)s\t%(category)s\t%(name)s\t%(data)s\n"
@@ -152,7 +158,7 @@ class LogMech(object):
 
 logmech = LogMech()
 
-class CallbackModule(object):
+class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
     """
     logs playbook results, per host, in /var/log/ansible/hosts
     """