diff --git a/django/utils/deconstruct.py b/django/utils/deconstruct.py
index b580e0d238..a51a16961d 100644
--- a/django/utils/deconstruct.py
+++ b/django/utils/deconstruct.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import  # Avoid importing `importlib` from this package.
 from importlib import import_module