diff --git a/test/test_meshmode.py b/test/test_meshmode.py
index f25930ca24fafc6660622d459aa4716ed088f47e..be66f28dab3ea82666e74c7475c4d675cb5c939f 100644
--- a/test/test_meshmode.py
+++ b/test/test_meshmode.py
@@ -52,12 +52,14 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("num_partitions", [3, 6])
 def test_mpi_communication(num_partitions):
     num_ranks = num_partitions + 1
-    import subprocess, sys, os
+    from subprocess import check_call
+    import sys
+    import os
     newenv = os.environ.copy()
     newenv["PYTOOLS_RUN_WITHIN_MPI"] = "1"
-    subprocess.check_call(["mpirun", "-np", str(num_ranks),
-                            sys.executable, "testmpi.py", str(num_partitions)],
-                          env=newenv)
+    check_call(["mpirun", "-np", str(num_ranks),
+                sys.executable, "test/testmpi.py", str(num_partitions)],
+               env=newenv)
 
 
 # {{{ partition_interpolation
diff --git a/testmpi.py b/test/testmpi.py
similarity index 98%
rename from testmpi.py
rename to test/testmpi.py
index 87a51914c0a729235823717a4eab29edc1c4106c..7f84e5015a61743afbd9e63b08a03d314dc5a7b2 100644
--- a/testmpi.py
+++ b/test/testmpi.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function
 import numpy as np