diff --git a/compose/cli/signals.py b/compose/cli/signals.py
index 38474ba44..68a0598e1 100644
--- a/compose/cli/signals.py
+++ b/compose/cli/signals.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import signal