diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/app_settings.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/app_settings.py
index ad78f383b6..63ece6385c 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/app_settings.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/app_settings.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 Settings for cache_toolbox.
 """
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from django.conf import settings
 
 # Default cache timeout
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/core.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/core.py
index f87132134e..b6ee9f86c5 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/core.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/core.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Core methods
 
 """
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.db import DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS
 
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/middleware.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/middleware.py
index e156ef2e7e..6ca177c0df 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/middleware.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/middleware.py
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ choice for most environments but you may be happy with the trade-offs of the
 
 """
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from logging import getLogger
 
 from django.conf import settings
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/model.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/model.py
index dd7e1973d0..77cbfaaaf7 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/model.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/model.py
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ instance::
     ... Foo.DoesNotExist
 """
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from django.db.models.signals import post_delete, post_save
 
 from .core import delete_instance, get_instance
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/templatetags/cache_toolbox.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/templatetags/cache_toolbox.py
index 7721227ba8..d791718c42 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/templatetags/cache_toolbox.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/templatetags/cache_toolbox.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 Implementation of custom django template tags for
 automatically caching template fragments.
 """
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from django import template
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.template import Node, TemplateSyntaxError, Variable
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/tests/test_middleware.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/tests/test_middleware.py
index 04f77e6204..1c169107c8 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/tests/test_middleware.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/cache_toolbox/tests/test_middleware.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 """Tests for cached authentication middleware."""
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.test import TestCase