diff --git a/Lib/xmlcore/sax/xmlreader.py b/Lib/xmlcore/sax/xmlreader.py
index 6b37d37ab4e..1cade65fe0c 100644
--- a/Lib/xmlcore/sax/xmlreader.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlcore/sax/xmlreader.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def __init__(self, bufsize=2**16):
         XMLReader.__init__(self)
 
     def parse(self, source):
-        import saxutils
+        from . import saxutils
         source = saxutils.prepare_input_source(source)
 
         self.prepareParser(source)