diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6c2b6c7a..00eabfee 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ git-commit: ## commit outstading git changes and push to remote
 
 hook/%: WIKI_PATH?=../wiki
 hook/%: ## run post-build hooks for an image
-	./tagging/tag_image.py --short-image-name "$(notdir $@)" --owner "$(OWNER)" && \
-	./tagging/create_manifests.py --short-image-name "$(notdir $@)" --owner "$(OWNER)" --wiki-path "$(WIKI_PATH)"
+	python3 -m tagging.tag_image --short-image-name "$(notdir $@)" --owner "$(OWNER)" && \
+	python3 -m tagging.create_manifests --short-image-name "$(notdir $@)" --owner "$(OWNER)" --wiki-path "$(WIKI_PATH)"
 
 hook-all: $(foreach I,$(ALL_IMAGES),hook/$(I) ) ## run post-build hooks for all images
 
diff --git a/tagging/__init__.py b/tagging/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tagging/create_manifests.py b/tagging/create_manifests.py
index e5aa8267..9963b20a 100755
--- a/tagging/create_manifests.py
+++ b/tagging/create_manifests.py
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ import argparse
 import datetime
 import logging
 import os
-from docker_runner import DockerRunner
-from get_taggers_and_manifests import get_taggers_and_manifests
-from git_helper import GitHelper
-from manifests import ManifestHeader
+from .docker_runner import DockerRunner
+from .get_taggers_and_manifests import get_taggers_and_manifests
+from .git_helper import GitHelper
+from .manifests import ManifestHeader
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/tagging/get_taggers_and_manifests.py b/tagging/get_taggers_and_manifests.py
index 2867601b..02eeb516 100644
--- a/tagging/get_taggers_and_manifests.py
+++ b/tagging/get_taggers_and_manifests.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) Jupyter Development Team.
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
-from images_hierarchy import ALL_IMAGES
+from .images_hierarchy import ALL_IMAGES
 
 
 def get_taggers_and_manifests(short_image_name):
diff --git a/tagging/images_hierarchy.py b/tagging/images_hierarchy.py
index 658b369a..21c39b8e 100644
--- a/tagging/images_hierarchy.py
+++ b/tagging/images_hierarchy.py
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import Optional, List
-from taggers import TaggerInterface, \
+from .taggers import TaggerInterface, \
     SHATagger, \
     UbuntuVersionTagger, PythonVersionTagger, \
     JupyterNotebookVersionTagger, JupyterLabVersionTagger, JupyterHubVersionTagger, \
     RVersionTagger, TensorflowVersionTagger, JuliaVersionTagger, \
     SparkVersionTagger, HadoopVersionTagger, JavaVersionTagger
-from manifests import ManifestInterface, \
+from .manifests import ManifestInterface, \
     CondaEnvironmentManifest, AptPackagesManifest, \
     RPackagesManifest, JuliaPackagesManifest, SparkInfoManifest
 
diff --git a/tagging/manifests.py b/tagging/manifests.py
index 60258f46..f1c584f3 100644
--- a/tagging/manifests.py
+++ b/tagging/manifests.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 import logging
 from plumbum.cmd import docker
-from docker_runner import run_simple_command
-from git_helper import GitHelper
+from .docker_runner import run_simple_command
+from .git_helper import GitHelper
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/tagging/tag_image.py b/tagging/tag_image.py
index abbc27eb..0726deac 100755
--- a/tagging/tag_image.py
+++ b/tagging/tag_image.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 import argparse
 import logging
 from plumbum.cmd import docker
-from docker_runner import DockerRunner
-from get_taggers_and_manifests import get_taggers_and_manifests
+from .docker_runner import DockerRunner
+from .get_taggers_and_manifests import get_taggers_and_manifests
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/tagging/taggers.py b/tagging/taggers.py
index 928ba58b..a702c4a3 100644
--- a/tagging/taggers.py
+++ b/tagging/taggers.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Copyright (c) Jupyter Development Team.
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 import logging
-from git_helper import GitHelper
-from docker_runner import run_simple_command
+from .git_helper import GitHelper
+from .docker_runner import run_simple_command
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)