diff --git a/salt/pillar/puppet.py b/salt/pillar/puppet.py
index 509642194a..9b61257ca6 100644
--- a/salt/pillar/puppet.py
+++ b/salt/pillar/puppet.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 '''
 Execute an unmodified puppet_node_classifier and read the output as YAML. The YAML data is then directly overlaid onto the minion's Pillar data.
 '''
+from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 # Don't "fix" the above docstring to put it on two lines, as the sphinx
 # autosummary pulls only the first line for its description.