diff --git a/python/vaex/setversion.py b/python/vaex/setversion.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/python/vaex/setversion.py
+++ b/python/vaex/setversion.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import os
 import re
start with python3 compatibility