diff --git a/premailer/__init__.py b/premailer/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/premailer/__init__.py
+++ b/premailer/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-from premailer import Premailer, transform
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from .premailer import Premailer, transform
 
 __version__ = '2.6.0'
Switching to absolute_import for Python 3 compatability