diff --git a/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t b/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t
index 45deec12ca..7803782a7f 100644
--- a/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t
+++ b/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
   tests/test-atomictempfile.py not using absolute_import
   tests/test-demandimport.py not using absolute_import
   tests/test-demandimport.py requires print_function
-  tests/test-doctest.py not using absolute_import
   tests/test-trusted.py requires print_function
 
 #if py3exe
diff --git a/tests/test-doctest.py b/tests/test-doctest.py
index 523e2973d4..f8094562e3 100644
--- a/tests/test-doctest.py
+++ b/tests/test-doctest.py
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 # this is hack to make sure no escape characters are inserted into the output
-import os, sys
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import doctest
+import os
+import sys
 if 'TERM' in os.environ:
     del os.environ['TERM']
-import doctest
 
 def testmod(name, optionflags=0, testtarget=None):
     __import__(name)