diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 712796e..40ea469 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #  - set version to n+1
 #  - add a new empty section in the changelog for version n+1
 
+from __future__ import with_statement 
 from imp import load_source
 from os import path
 from sys import argv