diff --git a/python/samba/hostconfig.py b/python/samba/hostconfig.py
index a66fbc23130..08fff4fdd4c 100644
--- a/python/samba/hostconfig.py
+++ b/python/samba/hostconfig.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 #
 
 """Local host configuration."""
-
-from samdb import SamDB
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from .samdb import SamDB
 
 class Hostconfig(object):
     """Aggregate object that contains all information about the configuration
diff --git a/selftest/tests.py b/selftest/tests.py
index 24ed0c6819d..a3df849f6ac 100644
--- a/selftest/tests.py
+++ b/selftest/tests.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ planpythontestsuite("none", "samba.tests.netcmd")
 planpythontestsuite("none", "samba.tests.dcerpc.rpc_talloc", py3_compatible=True)
 planpythontestsuite("none", "samba.tests.dcerpc.array", py3_compatible=True)
 planpythontestsuite("none", "samba.tests.dcerpc.string", py3_compatible=True)
-planpythontestsuite("none", "samba.tests.hostconfig")
+planpythontestsuite("none", "samba.tests.hostconfig", py3_compatible=True)
 planpythontestsuite("ad_dc_ntvfs:local", "samba.tests.messaging",
                     py3_compatible=True)
 planpythontestsuite("none", "samba.tests.s3param", py3_compatible=True)