diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index a55c532496..ff7ef50621 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ RELEASE  VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER
       registry query that returns a path that does not exist.  Multiple invocation
       paths were not prepared to handle the MissingConfiguration exception.  The
       MissingConfiguration exception type was removed.
+    - The MSCommon module import was changed from a relative import to a top-level
+      absolute import in the following Microsoft tools: midl, mslib, mslink, mssdk, msvc,
+      msvs. Moving any of these tools that used relative imports to the scons site tools
+      folder would fail on import (i.e., the relative import paths become invalid when
+      moved).
 
   From Vitaly Cheptsov:
     - Fix race condition in `Mkdir` which can happen when two `SConscript`
diff --git a/RELEASE.txt b/RELEASE.txt
index 12bb3cacb6..764cc40932 100644
--- a/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/RELEASE.txt
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ IMPROVEMENTS
 ------------
 
 - Now tries to find mingw if it comes from Chocolatey install of msys2.
+- MSVC: Module imports were changed from a relative import to a top-level
+  absolute import in the following Microsoft tools: midl, mslib, mslink, mssdk, msvc,
+  msvs. Moving any of these tools that used relative imports to the scons site tools
+  folder would fail on import (i.e., the relative import paths become invalid when
+  moved).
 
 PACKAGING
 ---------
diff --git a/SCons/Tool/midl.py b/SCons/Tool/midl.py
index 0c640f5092..2ae3f73d06 100644
--- a/SCons/Tool/midl.py
+++ b/SCons/Tool/midl.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 import SCons.Scanner.IDL
 import SCons.Util
 
-from .MSCommon import msvc_setup_env_tool
+from SCons.Tool.MSCommon import msvc_setup_env_tool
 
 tool_name = 'midl'
 
diff --git a/SCons/Tool/mslib.py b/SCons/Tool/mslib.py
index 6e15a808fa..bdce135f81 100644
--- a/SCons/Tool/mslib.py
+++ b/SCons/Tool/mslib.py
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@
 import SCons.Tool.msvc
 import SCons.Util
 
-from .MSCommon import msvc_setup_env_tool, msvc_setup_env_once
+from SCons.Tool.MSCommon import (
+    msvc_setup_env_tool,
+    msvc_setup_env_once,
+)
 
 tool_name = 'mslib'
 
diff --git a/SCons/Tool/mslink.py b/SCons/Tool/mslink.py
index 1e5b71ae10..74ceaa8572 100644
--- a/SCons/Tool/mslink.py
+++ b/SCons/Tool/mslink.py
@@ -43,8 +43,11 @@
 import SCons.Tool.msvs
 import SCons.Util
 
-from .MSCommon import msvc_setup_env_once, msvc_setup_env_tool
-from .MSCommon.common import get_pch_node
+from SCons.Tool.MSCommon import (
+    msvc_setup_env_once,
+    msvc_setup_env_tool,
+)
+from SCons.Tool.MSCommon.common import get_pch_node
 
 tool_name = 'mslink'
 
diff --git a/SCons/Tool/mssdk.py b/SCons/Tool/mssdk.py
index 0151eff2b8..ef272c033d 100644
--- a/SCons/Tool/mssdk.py
+++ b/SCons/Tool/mssdk.py
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@
 selection method.
 """
 
-from .MSCommon import mssdk_exists, \
-                     mssdk_setup_env
+from SCons.Tool.MSCommon import (
+    mssdk_exists,
+    mssdk_setup_env,
+)
 
 def generate(env) -> None:
     """Add construction variables for an MS SDK to an Environment."""
diff --git a/SCons/Tool/msvc.py b/SCons/Tool/msvc.py
index 33a67d0f4f..6afa171c97 100644
--- a/SCons/Tool/msvc.py
+++ b/SCons/Tool/msvc.py
@@ -44,8 +44,13 @@
 import SCons.Warnings
 import SCons.Scanner.RC
 
-from .MSCommon import msvc_setup_env_tool, msvc_setup_env_once, msvc_version_to_maj_min, msvc_find_vswhere
-from .MSCommon.common import get_pch_node
+from SCons.Tool.MSCommon import (
+    msvc_setup_env_tool,
+    msvc_setup_env_once,
+    msvc_version_to_maj_min,
+    msvc_find_vswhere,
+)
+from SCons.Tool.MSCommon.common import get_pch_node
 
 tool_name = 'msvc'
 
diff --git a/SCons/Tool/msvs.py b/SCons/Tool/msvs.py
index 153b84ecd6..16e422dace 100644
--- a/SCons/Tool/msvs.py
+++ b/SCons/Tool/msvs.py
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@
 import SCons.Warnings
 from SCons.Defaults import processDefines
 from SCons.compat import PICKLE_PROTOCOL
-from .MSCommon import msvc_setup_env_tool, msvc_setup_env_once
+from SCons.Tool.MSCommon import (
+    msvc_setup_env_tool,
+    msvc_setup_env_once,
+)
 
 tool_name = 'msvs'