diff --git a/hy/compiler/modfaker.py b/hy/compiler/modfaker.py
index cdbed9f..eee05a3 100644
--- a/hy/compiler/modfaker.py
+++ b/hy/compiler/modfaker.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import imp
 from hy.lex.tokenize import tokenize
+import imp
 
 
 def _add_native_methods(mod):
@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ def _add_native_methods(mod):
                 ret /= x
             return ret
 
+
         natives = {
             "print": _print,
             "+": _plus,
             "-": _subtract,
             "*": _mult,
-            "/": _divide
+            "/": _divide,
         }
 
         for native in natives:
diff --git a/hy/lang/builtins.py b/hy/lang/builtins.py
index 15de3d5..282ea9e 100644
--- a/hy/lang/builtins.py
+++ b/hy/lang/builtins.py
@@ -23,7 +23,19 @@ def _fn(obj):
     return _
 
 
+def _import(obj):
+    ns = obj.namespace
+    fd = obj.get_invocation()
+    args = fd['args']
+    mods = args[0]
+
+    for module in mods:
+        mod = __import__(module)
+        obj.namespace[module] = mod
+
+
 builtins = {
     "def": _define,
     "fn": _fn,
+    "import": _import
 }
diff --git a/hy/lang/expression.py b/hy/lang/expression.py
index 9181429..c503824 100644
--- a/hy/lang/expression.py
+++ b/hy/lang/expression.py
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ class HYExpression(list, HYObject):
         for child in self.get_children():
             things.append(child())
 
-        return self.namespace[fn](*things)
+        return self.lookup(fn)(*things)
diff --git a/hy/lang/hyobj.py b/hy/lang/hyobj.py
index 03a8cb8..c391a41 100644
--- a/hy/lang/hyobj.py
+++ b/hy/lang/hyobj.py
@@ -12,3 +12,19 @@ class HYObject(object):
 
     def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return self.eval(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def lookup(self, fn):
+        callee = None
+
+        if fn in self.namespace:
+            callee = self.namespace[fn]
+
+        if "." in fn:
+            lon, short = fn.rsplit(".", 1)
+            holder = self.lookup(lon)
+            callee = getattr(holder, short)
+
+        if callee:
+            return callee
+
+        raise Exception
diff --git a/hy/lang/symbol.py b/hy/lang/symbol.py
index ccb8d14..bc9b953 100644
--- a/hy/lang/symbol.py
+++ b/hy/lang/symbol.py
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ class HYSymbol(unicode, HYObject):
     def eval(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if self.isdigit():
             return float(self)
-        return self.namespace[self]
+        return self.lookup(self)
diff --git a/test.hy b/test.hy
index 7a5ef01..5c53dae 100644
--- a/test.hy
+++ b/test.hy
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 ; vim: tabstop=2 expandtab shiftwidth=2 softtabstop=2 filetype=lisp
 
+(import ["sys"])
+
 (def square (fn [x]
      (* x x)))
 
 (print (square 2))
+(print sys.argv)