diff --git a/tablib/formats/_json.py b/tablib/formats/_json.py
index 51cc207..09e4626 100644
--- a/tablib/formats/_json.py
+++ b/tablib/formats/_json.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ except ImportError:
     try:
         import simplejson as json
     except ImportError:
-        import tablib.packages.simplejson as json # use the vendorized copy
+        from tablib.packages import simplejson as json # use the vendorized copy
 
 import tablib.core