diff --git a/gluon/highlight.py b/gluon/highlight.py
index 9aef3557..91b4fa78 100644
--- a/gluon/highlight.py
+++ b/gluon/highlight.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 """
 from __future__ import print_function
 from pydal._compat import xrange 
-from local_html_escape import local_html_escape
+from gluon.local_html_escape import local_html_escape
 import re
 
 __all__ = ['highlight']
diff --git a/gluon/html.py b/gluon/html.py
index f8fe625c..db3a7c15 100644
--- a/gluon/html.py
+++ b/gluon/html.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import base64
 from gluon import sanitizer, decoder
 import itertools
 from pydal._compat import reduce, pickle, copyreg, HTMLParser, name2codepoint, iteritems, unichr, unicodeT, urllib_quote, to_bytes, to_native, to_unicode, basestring, urlencode, implements_bool
-from local_html_escape import local_html_escape
+from gluon.local_html_escape import local_html_escape
 import marshal
 
 from gluon.storage import Storage
diff --git a/gluon/languages.py b/gluon/languages.py
index 50cfa6d7..0daf475d 100644
--- a/gluon/languages.py
+++ b/gluon/languages.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import logging
 from cgi import escape
 from threading import RLock
 from gluon.utf8 import Utf8
-from local_html_escape import local_html_escape
+from gluon.local_html_escape import local_html_escape
 
 from pydal._compat import copyreg, PY2, maketrans, iterkeys, unicodeT, to_unicode, to_bytes, iteritems, to_native, pjoin
 from pydal.contrib.portalocker import read_locked, LockedFile