diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 55aed22..393a5e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ If you need access to all of information in the item, then we can go a
 stage earlier in the process and override the td_contents method:
 
 ```python
-from flask import Markup
+from markupsafe import Markup
 
 def td_contents(self, i, attr_list):
     # by default this does
diff --git a/examples/sortable.py b/examples/sortable.py
index e94d7ba..3bc2fb1 100644
--- a/examples/sortable.py
+++ b/examples/sortable.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from flask_table import Table, Col, LinkCol
-from flask import Flask, Markup, request, url_for
+from flask import Flask, request, url_for
+from markupsafe import Markup
 
 """
 A example for creating a Table that is sortable by its header
diff --git a/flask_table/columns.py b/flask_table/columns.py
index fc74d24..5ae1558 100644
--- a/flask_table/columns.py
+++ b/flask_table/columns.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-from flask import Markup, url_for
+from flask import url_for
+from markupsafe import Markup
 from babel.dates import format_date, format_datetime
 from flask_babel import gettext as _
 
diff --git a/flask_table/html.py b/flask_table/html.py
index f9ca78b..9edb87a 100644
--- a/flask_table/html.py
+++ b/flask_table/html.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from functools import partial
 
-from flask import Markup
+from markupsafe import Markup
 
 
 def element(element, attrs=None, content='',
diff --git a/flask_table/table.py b/flask_table/table.py
index 9495e6e..a70324e 100644
--- a/flask_table/table.py
+++ b/flask_table/table.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
-from flask import Markup
+from markupsafe import Markup
 from flask_babel import gettext as _
 
 from .columns import Col