diff --git a/tools/__init__.py b/tools/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/tools/run-mypy b/tools/run-mypy
index 53410b3606..199fb7023c 100755
--- a/tools/run-mypy
+++ b/tools/run-mypy
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import os
diff --git a/tools/setup/__init__.py b/tools/setup/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2