diff --git a/scrapy/utils/template.py b/scrapy/utils/template.py
index 406243459..7c1946638 100644
--- a/scrapy/utils/template.py
+++ b/scrapy/utils/template.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Helper functions for working with templates"""
+from __future__ import with_statement
 
 import os
 import re