diff --git a/scrapy/utils/console.py b/scrapy/utils/console.py
index 9edf36e39..c376ed059 100644
--- a/scrapy/utils/console.py
+++ b/scrapy/utils/console.py
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ def start_python_console(namespace=None, noipython=False):
             if noipython:
                 raise ImportError
             import IPython
-            shell = IPython.Shell.IPShellEmbed(argv=[], user_ns=namespace)
+            try:
+                shell = IPython.embed(user_ns=namespace)
+            except AttributeError:
+                shell = IPython.Shell.IPShellEmbed(argv=[], user_ns=namespace)
             shell()
         except ImportError:
             import code