py23 from __future__ import print_function
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/misc/xmlWriter.py b/Lib/fontTools/misc/xmlWriter.py
index 4f26228..e574983 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/misc/xmlWriter.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/misc/xmlWriter.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 """xmlWriter.py -- Simple XML authoring class"""
 
+from __future__ import print_function
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
 import string
 import struct
-from .py23 import *
 
 INDENT = "  "