diff --git a/django/utils/autoreload.py b/django/utils/autoreload.py
index 1b15c32874..4b0a97f12b 100644
--- a/django/utils/autoreload.py
+++ b/django/utils/autoreload.py
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 # OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
 # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import  # Avoid importing `importlib` from this package.
+
 import os
 import signal
 import sys
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ import traceback
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.signals import request_finished
 from django.utils._os import upath
-from django.utils.importlib import import_module
+from importlib import import_module
 from django.utils import six
 try:
     from django.utils.six.moves import _thread as thread
diff --git a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
index 3805ce50e0..7be5b43a96 100644
--- a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
+++ b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_debug.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # files to search for such a header to decode the source file content
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import importlib
 import inspect
 import os
 import re
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ from django.test import TestCase, RequestFactory
 from django.test.utils import (override_settings, setup_test_template_loader,
     restore_template_loaders)
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text, force_bytes
-from django.utils import importlib, six
+from django.utils import six
 from django.views.debug import ExceptionReporter
 
 from .. import BrokenException, except_args