diff --git a/pyopencl/__init__.py b/pyopencl/__init__.py
index befda9284feb37f260186f4c224526379c9bccb0..9ca61fe7785043b2ba18a92aeb3c73384fd424b3 100644
--- a/pyopencl/__init__.py
+++ b/pyopencl/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+from __future__ import division
+
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2009 Andreas Kloeckner"
 
 __license__ = """