diff --git a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py b/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
index 9dc3523e0..a135be352 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 import math
 import os
 import re
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ import time
 if os.name == 'nt':
     import ctypes
 
-from utils import *
+from .utils import *
 
 
 class FileDownloader(object):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
index d1b239abf..b4f9ee194 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 import datetime
 import netrc
 import os
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ import xml.etree.ElementTree
 import random
 import math
 
-from utils import *
+from .utils import *
 
 
 class InfoExtractor(object):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/PostProcessor.py b/youtube_dl/PostProcessor.py
index c771a6245..af00f80ee 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/PostProcessor.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/PostProcessor.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
 
-from utils import *
+from .utils import *
 
 
 class PostProcessor(object):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index a0caa21b0..bf0ce14ec 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 from __future__ import with_statement
+from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 __authors__  = (
     'Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez',
@@ -39,10 +40,10 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 import warnings
 
-from utils import *
-from FileDownloader import *
-from InfoExtractors import *
-from PostProcessor import *
+from .utils import *
+from .FileDownloader import *
+from .InfoExtractors import *
+from .PostProcessor import *
 
 def updateSelf(downloader, filename):
     ''' Update the program file with the latest version from the repository '''
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__main__.py b/youtube_dl/__main__.py
index acb36e770..8c12bfb64 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/__main__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__main__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-import __init__
+import youtube_dl
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    __init__.main()
+    youtube_dl.main()