diff --git a/sphinx/builders/devhelp.py b/sphinx/builders/devhelp.py
index 28be94cac6..81d2e6cee4 100644
--- a/sphinx/builders/devhelp.py
+++ b/sphinx/builders/devhelp.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     :copyright: Copyright 2007-2013 by the Sphinx team, see AUTHORS.
     :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
 """
+from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import re
 from os import path