diff --git a/interfaces/python_minimal/cantera/__init__.py b/interfaces/python_minimal/cantera/__init__.py
index 861a4e1f1..005271e59 100644
--- a/interfaces/python_minimal/cantera/__init__.py
+++ b/interfaces/python_minimal/cantera/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-import ck2cti
-import ctml_writer
+from . import ck2cti
+from . import ctml_writer