diff --git a/twitter/api.py b/twitter/api.py
index b1268bcf..096d9245 100755
--- a/twitter/api.py
+++ b/twitter/api.py
@@ -2954,7 +2954,7 @@ def GetDirectMessages(self,
         Returns:
           A sequence of twitter.DirectMessage instances
         """
-        url = '%s/direct_messages.json' % self.base_url
+        url = '%s/direct_messages/events/list.json' % self.base_url
         parameters = {
             'full_text': bool(full_text),
             'include_entities': bool(include_entities),