diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/djvu_input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/djvu_input.py
index 936ef1a702..a5aa258d87 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/djvu_input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/djvu_input.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class DJVUInput(InputFormatPlugin):
             except:
                 stream.seek(0) # retry with the pure python converter
         if ppdjvu:
-            from .djvu import DJVUFile
+            from calibre.ebooks.djvu.djvu import DJVUFile
             x = DJVUFile(stream)
             x.get_text(stdout)