diff --git a/src/lxml/html/ElementSoup.py b/src/lxml/html/ElementSoup.py
index 8e4fde13c..c35365d05 100644
--- a/src/lxml/html/ElementSoup.py
+++ b/src/lxml/html/ElementSoup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 __all__ = ["parse", "convert_tree"]
 
-from soupparser import convert_tree, parse as _parse
+from .soupparser import convert_tree, parse as _parse
 
 def parse(file, beautifulsoup=None, makeelement=None):
     root = _parse(file, beautifulsoup=beautifulsoup, makeelement=makeelement)