diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/cert_whitelist.py b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/cert_whitelist.py
index ea15365f19..34ba38513b 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/cert_whitelist.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/cert_whitelist.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Management command which sets or gets the certificate whitelist for a given
 user/course
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/create_fake_cert.py b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/create_fake_cert.py
index 2bd3bca650..98ad84b591 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/create_fake_cert.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/create_fake_cert.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Example usage:
     $ ./manage.py lms create_fake_cert test_user edX/DemoX/Demo_Course --mode honor --grade 0.89
 
 """
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 import logging
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/fix_ungraded_certs.py b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/fix_ungraded_certs.py
index ee4624cb9a..c1e49f2814 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/fix_ungraded_certs.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/fix_ungraded_certs.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 """
 Management command which fixes ungraded certificates for students
 """
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 import logging
 
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/gen_cert_report.py b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/gen_cert_report.py
index fd709aeba9..cf8fd1cc68 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/gen_cert_report.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/gen_cert_report.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
 Generate a report of certificate statuses
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/regenerate_user.py b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/regenerate_user.py
index 5dcb4cfcc3..bd86618f0b 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/regenerate_user.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/regenerate_user.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 """Django management command to force certificate regeneration for one user"""
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 import copy
 import logging
 
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/resubmit_error_certificates.py b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/resubmit_error_certificates.py
index ea77328bc9..e7519e8a32 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/resubmit_error_certificates.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/resubmit_error_certificates.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Example usage:
     $ ./manage.py lms resubmit_error_certificates -c edX/DemoX/Fall_2015 -c edX/DemoX/Spring_2016
 
 """
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 import logging
 
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/tests/test_cert_whitelist.py b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/tests/test_cert_whitelist.py
index 8b5bcddbe5..fb3f0c50d8 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/tests/test_cert_whitelist.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/tests/test_cert_whitelist.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 """
 Extremely basic tests for the cert_whitelist command
 """
-import pytest
+from __future__ import absolute_import
 
+import pytest
 from django.core.management import call_command
 
 
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/tests/test_fix_ungraded_certs.py b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/tests/test_fix_ungraded_certs.py
index 4e5a11b9f7..b915306e5b 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/tests/test_fix_ungraded_certs.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/tests/test_fix_ungraded_certs.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 """
 Extremely basic tests for the fix_ungraded_certs command
 """
-import pytest
+from __future__ import absolute_import
 
+import pytest
 from django.core.management import call_command
 
 
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/tests/test_gen_cert_report.py b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/tests/test_gen_cert_report.py
index 4ea0678605..0f7cfccea8 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/tests/test_gen_cert_report.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/tests/test_gen_cert_report.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 """
 Extremely basic tests for the gen_cert_report command
 """
-import pytest
+from __future__ import absolute_import
 
+import pytest
 from django.core.management import call_command
 
 
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/ungenerated_certs.py b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/ungenerated_certs.py
index f3dc63ef2c..798783b157 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/ungenerated_certs.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/management/commands/ungenerated_certs.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 Management command to find all students that need certificates for
 courses that have finished, and put their cert requests on the queue.
 """
-from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
+
 import datetime
 import logging