diff --git a/buildscripts/makealldists.py b/buildscripts/makealldists.py
index e463ff67abb..2da50cace53 100755
--- a/buildscripts/makealldists.py
+++ b/buildscripts/makealldists.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
+from __future__ import with_statement
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import os
diff --git a/buildscripts/mergerepositories.py b/buildscripts/mergerepositories.py
index 7864d837ef8..82fcfff28af 100755
--- a/buildscripts/mergerepositories.py
+++ b/buildscripts/mergerepositories.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
+from __future__ import with_statement
 from libcloud.types import Provider
 from libcloud.providers import get_driver
 from libcloud.drivers.ec2 import EC2NodeDriver, NodeImage