diff --git a/daemonic/daemon.py b/daemonic/daemon.py
index b6af181..e19e95b 100644
--- a/daemonic/daemon.py
+++ b/daemonic/daemon.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import signal
 import time
 
-import pidfile
+from . import pidfile
 
 class daemon(object):
     'Context manager for POSIX daemon processes'