diff --git a/surface_distance/__init__.py b/surface_distance/__init__.py
index bcfe13e..56bb830 100644
--- a/surface_distance/__init__.py
+++ b/surface_distance/__init__.py
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 """Surface distance module: https://github.com/deepmind/surface-distance ."""
 
-from metrics import *  # pylint: disable=wildcard-import
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from .metrics import *  # pylint: disable=wildcard-import
 __version__ = "0.1"