diff --git a/test/test_serialization.py b/test/test_serialization.py
index f22331831c3..9890d9b2d9f 100644
--- a/test/test_serialization.py
+++ b/test/test_serialization.py
@@ -1040,8 +1040,14 @@ class TestSerialization(TestCase, SerializationMixin):
             self.assertIsNone(torch.load(f, weights_only=False))
             f.seek(0)
             # Safe load should assert
-            with self.assertRaisesRegex(pickle.UnpicklingError, "Unsupported global: GLOBAL __builtin__.print"):
+            with self.assertRaisesRegex(pickle.UnpicklingError, "Unsupported global: GLOBAL builtins.print"):
                 torch.load(f, weights_only=True)
+            try:
+                torch.serialization.add_safe_globals([print])
+                f.seek(0)
+                torch.load(f, weights_only=True)
+            finally:
+                torch.serialization.clear_safe_globals()
 
     @parametrize('weights_only', (False, True))
     def test_serialization_math_bits(self, weights_only):
diff --git a/torch/_weights_only_unpickler.py b/torch/_weights_only_unpickler.py
index 2ca07d15136..cf1514dcf41 100644
--- a/torch/_weights_only_unpickler.py
+++ b/torch/_weights_only_unpickler.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 # weights = torch.load(buf, weights_only = True)
 
 import functools as _functools
+import warnings
 from collections import Counter, OrderedDict
 from pickle import (
     APPEND,
@@ -67,6 +68,16 @@ from struct import unpack
 from sys import maxsize
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
+try:
+    # We rely on this module in private cPython which provides dicts of
+    # modules/functions that had their names changed from Python 2 to 3
+    has_compat_pickle = True
+    from _compat_pickle import IMPORT_MAPPING, NAME_MAPPING
+except ImportError:
+    # To prevent warning on import torch, we warn in the Unpickler.load below
+    has_compat_pickle = False
+    IMPORT_MAPPING, NAME_MAPPING = dict(), dict()
+
 import torch
 
 _marked_safe_globals_list: List[Any] = []
@@ -97,7 +108,8 @@ def _clear_safe_globals():
 def _get_user_allowed_globals():
     rc: Dict[str, Any] = {}
     for f in _marked_safe_globals_list:
-        rc[f"{f.__module__}.{f.__name__}"] = f
+        module, name = f.__module__, f.__name__
+        rc[f"{module}.{name}"] = f
     return rc
 
 
@@ -170,12 +182,20 @@ class Unpickler:
         self.readline = file.readline
         self.read = file.read
         self.memo: Dict[int, Any] = {}
+        self.proto: int = -1
 
     def load(self):
         """Read a pickled object representation from the open file.
 
         Return the reconstituted object hierarchy specified in the file.
         """
+        if not has_compat_pickle:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "Could not import IMPORT_MAPPING and NAME_MAPPING from _compat_pickle. "
+                "If the default `pickle_protocol` was used at `torch.save` time, any functions or "
+                "classes that are in these maps might not behave correctly if allowlisted via "
+                "`torch.serialization.add_safe_globals()`."
+            )
         self.metastack = []
         self.stack: List[Any] = []
         self.append = self.stack.append
@@ -190,6 +210,13 @@ class Unpickler:
             if key[0] == GLOBAL[0]:
                 module = readline()[:-1].decode("utf-8")
                 name = readline()[:-1].decode("utf-8")
+                # Patch since torch.save default protocol is 2
+                # users will be running this code in python > 3
+                if self.proto == 2 and has_compat_pickle:
+                    if (module, name) in NAME_MAPPING:
+                        module, name = NAME_MAPPING[(module, name)]
+                    elif module in IMPORT_MAPPING:
+                        module = IMPORT_MAPPING[module]
                 full_path = f"{module}.{name}"
                 if full_path in _get_allowed_globals():
                     self.append(_get_allowed_globals()[full_path])
@@ -334,8 +361,14 @@ class Unpickler:
                 self.append(decode_long(data))
             # First and last deserializer ops
             elif key[0] == PROTO[0]:
-                # Read and ignore proto version
-                read(1)[0]
+                self.proto = read(1)[0]
+                if self.proto != 2:
+                    warnings.warn(
+                        f"Detected pickle protocol {self.proto} in the checkpoint, which was "
+                        "not the default pickle protocol used by `torch.load` (2). The weights_only "
+                        "Unpickler might not support all instructions implemented by this protocol, "
+                        "please file an issue for adding support if you encounter this."
+                    )
             elif key[0] == STOP[0]:
                 rc = self.stack.pop()
                 return rc