diff --git a/influxdb/tests/server_tests/influxdb_instance.py b/influxdb/tests/server_tests/influxdb_instance.py
index 1dcd7567..2dd823ff 100644
--- a/influxdb/tests/server_tests/influxdb_instance.py
+++ b/influxdb/tests/server_tests/influxdb_instance.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import datetime
-import distutils
+import distutils.spawn
 import os
 import tempfile
 import shutil