diff --git a/django/utils/formats.py b/django/utils/formats.py
index 6b89b40ecd4..11e2bef8aec 100644
--- a/django/utils/formats.py
+++ b/django/utils/formats.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import  # Avoid importing `importlib` from this package.
+
 import decimal
 import datetime
 from importlib import import_module
diff --git a/django/utils/module_loading.py b/django/utils/module_loading.py
index 359982e6ba4..9c8ea98d509 100644
--- a/django/utils/module_loading.py
+++ b/django/utils/module_loading.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import  # Avoid importing `importlib` from this package.
+
 import imp
 from importlib import import_module
 import os