diff --git a/salt/cloud/clouds/softlayer.py b/salt/cloud/clouds/softlayer.py
index b88b8d3e72..443e613550 100644
--- a/salt/cloud/clouds/softlayer.py
+++ b/salt/cloud/clouds/softlayer.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ SoftLayer salt.cloud modules. See: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/SoftLayer
 '''
 # pylint: disable=E0102
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 # Import python libs
 import copy
 import pprint