diff --git a/flask_simpleldap/__init__.py b/flask_simpleldap/__init__.py
index 8beb126304c88bc823e6c457f5170f362014f67e..74fdad55776d35f444ad2d0e648e42f55819e8d9 100644
--- a/flask_simpleldap/__init__.py
+++ b/flask_simpleldap/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from functools import wraps
 import re
 
 import ldap
-import ldap.filter
+from ldap import filter
 from flask import abort, current_app, g, make_response, redirect, url_for, \
     request