diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index afb4681..9068e49 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pip install pydantic-avro
 import json
 from typing import Optional
 
-from pydantic_avro.from_avro.base import AvroBase
+from pydantic_avro.base import AvroBase
 
 
 class TestModel(AvroBase):
diff --git a/src/pydantic_avro/base.py b/src/pydantic_avro/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8968f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pydantic_avro/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# For backwards compatability
+from pydantic_avro.to_avro.base import AvroBase