diff --git a/porthole/backends/portage_2_2/lib.py b/porthole/backends/portage_2_2/lib.py
index 7020eed..d5be62e 100644
--- a/porthole/backends/portage_2_2/lib.py
+++ b/porthole/backends/portage_2_2/lib.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ thread_id = thread.get_ident()


 if is_root(): # then import some modules and run it directly
-    import set_config
+    import porthole.backends.set_config

 def get_make_conf(want_linelist=False, savecopy=False):
     """