--- a/mercurial/httpclient/socketutil.py	Thu Dec 31 15:39:38 2015 +0000
+++ b/mercurial/httpclient/socketutil.py	Thu Dec 31 13:19:20 2015 -0500
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 socket.create_connection method, but fall back to the old
 methods if those are unavailable.
 """
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 import logging
 import socket