diff --git a/eg/config.py b/eg/config.py
index 661057a..799f73f 100644
--- a/eg/config.py
+++ b/eg/config.py
@@ -317,7 +317,11 @@ def get_config_tuple_from_egrc(egrc_path):
             config = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
         except AttributeError:
             config = ConfigParser()
-        config.readfp(egrc)
+        # Support Python 3.12 and above.
+        try:
+            config.readfp(egrc)
+        except:
+            config.read_file(egrc)
 
         # default to None
         examples_dir = None