diff --git a/mopidy/compat.py b/mopidy/compat.py
index b563f735..a8fd1999 100644
--- a/mopidy/compat.py
+++ b/mopidy/compat.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+
 import sys
 
 PY2 = sys.version_info[0] == 2