diff --git a/IPython/Extensions/ipy_greedycompleter.py b/IPython/Extensions/ipy_greedycompleter.py
index 3b44751..37142d7 100644
--- a/IPython/Extensions/ipy_greedycompleter.py
+++ b/IPython/Extensions/ipy_greedycompleter.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def attr_matches(self, text):
     return res
 
 def main():
-    import readline
+    import IPython.rlineimpl as readline
     readline.set_completer_delims(" \n\t")
     # monkeypatch - the code will be folded to normal completer later on
     import IPython.completer