diff --git a/salt/modules/inspectlib/kiwiproc.py b/salt/modules/inspectlib/kiwiproc.py
index 3e83a33be6..112ba4e6e1 100644
--- a/salt/modules/inspectlib/kiwiproc.py
+++ b/salt/modules/inspectlib/kiwiproc.py
@@ -14,15 +14,24 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+# Import python libs
+from __future__ import absolute_import
 import os
 import grp
 import pwd
-from lxml import etree
 from xml.dom import minidom
 import platform
 import socket
+
+# Import salt libs
 from salt.modules.inspectlib.exceptions import InspectorKiwiProcessorException
 
+# Import third party libs
+try:
+    from lxml import etree
+except ImportError:
+    from salt._compat import ElementTree as etree
+
 
 class KiwiExporter(object):
     '''