diff --git a/kubernetes/__init__.py b/kubernetes/__init__.py
index e8a0e2d63..1ff790d7d 100644
--- a/kubernetes/__init__.py
+++ b/kubernetes/__init__.py
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ import kubernetes.dynamic
 import kubernetes.watch
 import kubernetes.stream
 import kubernetes.utils
+import kubernetes.leaderelection
diff --git a/kubernetes/leaderelection b/kubernetes/leaderelection
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30e0567f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/leaderelection
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+base/leaderelection
\ No newline at end of file