diff --git a/beets/dbcore/db.py b/beets/dbcore/db.py
index 1c6d066c3..a07a19997 100644
--- a/beets/dbcore/db.py
+++ b/beets/dbcore/db.py
@@ -593,6 +593,11 @@ class Results(object):
             return self._row_count
 
     def __nonzero__(self):
+        """Does this result contain any objects?
+        """
+        return self.__bool__()
+
+    def __bool__(self):
         """Does this result contain any objects?
         """
         return bool(len(self))