diff --git a/pelican/readers.py b/pelican/readers.py
index 4e1d7b2e..6cadcd4d 100644
--- a/pelican/readers.py
+++ b/pelican/readers.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ try:
     from docutils import core
 
     # import the directives to have pygments support
-    import rstdirectives
+    from pelican import rstdirectives
 except ImportError:
     core = False
 try: