diff --git a/sloth/core/utils.py b/sloth/core/utils.py
index 037a415..1facf3f 100644
--- a/sloth/core/utils.py
+++ b/sloth/core/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from sloth.core import exceptions
-import importlib
+from sloth.utils import importlib
 
 def import_callable(module_path_name):
     """
diff --git a/sloth/utils/__init__.py b/sloth/utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/sloth/utils/importlib.py b/sloth/utils/importlib.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb6f8f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sloth/utils/importlib.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# taken from django...
+
+# Taken from Python 2.7 with permission from/by the original author.
+import sys
+
+def _resolve_name(name, package, level):
+    """Return the absolute name of the module to be imported."""
+    if not hasattr(package, 'rindex'):
+        raise ValueError("'package' not set to a string")
+    dot = len(package)
+    for x in xrange(level, 1, -1):
+        try:
+            dot = package.rindex('.', 0, dot)
+        except ValueError:
+            raise ValueError("attempted relative import beyond top-level "
+                              "package")
+    return "%s.%s" % (package[:dot], name)
+
+
+def import_module(name, package=None):
+    """Import a module.
+
+    The 'package' argument is required when performing a relative import. It
+    specifies the package to use as the anchor point from which to resolve the
+    relative import to an absolute import.
+
+    """
+    if name.startswith('.'):
+        if not package:
+            raise TypeError("relative imports require the 'package' argument")
+        level = 0
+        for character in name:
+            if character != '.':
+                break
+            level += 1
+        name = _resolve_name(name[level:], package, level)
+    __import__(name)
+    return sys.modules[name]