diff --git a/btdht/dht.pyx b/btdht/dht.pyx
index 9c641a0..cc27602 100644
--- a/btdht/dht.pyx
+++ b/btdht/dht.pyx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ except ImportError:
 
 import datrie
 
-import utils
+from . import utils
 from .utils import ID, nbit, nflip, nset, PollableQueue
 from .exceptions import BucketFull, BucketNotFull, NoTokenError, FailToStop, TransactionIdUnknown
 from .exceptions import NotFound
diff --git a/btdht/krcp.pyx b/btdht/krcp.pyx
index af567ad..d97d126 100644
--- a/btdht/krcp.pyx
+++ b/btdht/krcp.pyx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from cython.parallel import prange
 
 import six
 
-import utils
+from . import utils
 from .exceptions import MissingT, DecodeError
 
 cdef int str_to_int(char* data, int len) nogil: