diff --git a/contrib/win32/hgwebdir_wsgi.py b/contrib/win32/hgwebdir_wsgi.py
--- a/contrib/win32/hgwebdir_wsgi.py
+++ b/contrib/win32/hgwebdir_wsgi.py
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@
 # - Restart the web server and see if things are running.
 #
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 # Configuration file location
 hgweb_config = r'c:\your\directory\wsgi.config'
 
@@ -87,7 +89,6 @@ path_strip = 0   # Strip this many path 
 path_prefix = 1  # This many path elements are prefixes (depends on the
                  # virtual path of the IIS application).
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
 import sys
 
 # Adjust python path if this is not a system-wide install