diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index e6e1810d130..3d4cea32cde 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function
+
 import json
 import sys
 import errno
@@ -609,7 +611,7 @@ def print_verbose(x):
   if not options.verbose:
     return
   if type(x) is str:
-    print x
+    print(x)
   else:
     pprint.pprint(x, indent=2)