diff --git a/python/faiss.py b/python/faiss.py
index 52941be41d..636365bd9e 100644
--- a/python/faiss.py
+++ b/python/faiss.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 
 # we import * so that the symbol X can be accessed as faiss.X
-from swigfaiss import *
+from .swigfaiss import *
 
 __version__ = "%d.%d.%d" % (FAISS_VERSION_MAJOR,
                             FAISS_VERSION_MINOR,