diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/implementations/mariadb/replication.py b/plugins/module_utils/implementations/mariadb/replication.py
index 73f3263..7968e92 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/implementations/mariadb/replication.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/implementations/mariadb/replication.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
 from ansible_collections.community.mysql.plugins.module_utils.mysql import get_server_version
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/implementations/mariadb/user.py b/plugins/module_utils/implementations/mariadb/user.py
index cc9b2c4..fa2cac6 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/implementations/mariadb/user.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/implementations/mariadb/user.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from ansible_collections.community.mysql.plugins.module_utils.mysql import get_server_version
 
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/implementations/mysql/replication.py b/plugins/module_utils/implementations/mysql/replication.py
index 5b9f088..2fd3d6c 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/implementations/mysql/replication.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/implementations/mysql/replication.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
 from ansible_collections.community.mysql.plugins.module_utils.mysql import get_server_version
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/implementations/mysql/user.py b/plugins/module_utils/implementations/mysql/user.py
index 26e7a6e..ce7f5b8 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/implementations/mysql/user.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/implementations/mysql/user.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from ansible_collections.community.mysql.plugins.module_utils.mysql import get_server_version
 
diff --git a/plugins/modules/mysql_user.py b/plugins/modules/mysql_user.py
index 30eea40..d172d62 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/mysql_user.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/mysql_user.py
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 
 
+impl = None  # Global name for local conditinal import of server-specific implementations
+
 VALID_PRIVS = frozenset(('CREATE', 'DROP', 'GRANT', 'GRANT OPTION',
                          'LOCK TABLES', 'REFERENCES', 'EVENT', 'ALTER',
                          'DELETE', 'INDEX', 'INSERT', 'SELECT', 'UPDATE',