diff --git a/salt/output/compact.py b/salt/output/compact.py
index 50b8b3699b..59f8ac525a 100644
--- a/salt/output/compact.py
+++ b/salt/output/compact.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Example output::
 'saltdev': {'test_|-always-passes_|-foo_|-succeed_without_changes': {'comment': 'Success!', 'name': 'foo', 'start_time': '05:16:26.111814', 'result': True, 'duration': 1, '__run_num__': 0, 'changes': {}}, 'test_|-my-custom-combo_|-foo_|-configurable_test_state': {'comment': 'bar.baz', 'name': 'foo', 'start_time': '05:16:26.117177', 'result': False, 'duration': 1, '__run_num__': 4, 'changes': {'testing': {'new': 'Something pretended to change', 'old': 'Unchanged'}}}, 'test_|-always-fails_|-foo_|-fail_without_changes': {'comment': 'Failure!', 'name': 'foo', 'start_time': '05:16:26.113124', 'result': False, 'duration': 1, '__run_num__': 1, 'changes': {}}, 'test_|-always-changes-and-succeeds_|-foo_|-succeed_with_changes': {'comment': 'Success!', 'name': 'foo', 'start_time': '05:16:26.114570', 'result': True, 'duration': 0, '__run_num__': 2, 'changes': {'testing': {'new': 'Something pretended to change', 'old': 'Unchanged'}}}, 'test_|-always-changes-and-fails_|-foo_|-fail_with_changes': {'comment': 'Failure!', 'name': 'foo', 'start_time': '05:16:26.115561', 'result': False, 'duration': 1, '__run_num__': 3, 'changes': {'testing': {'new': 'Something pretended to change', 'old': 'Unchanged'}}}}}
     {'myminion': {'foo': {'list': ['Hello', 'World'], 'bar': 'baz', 'dictionary': {'abc': 123, 'def': 456}}}}
 '''
+from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 # Import salt libs
 import salt.output.highstate