diff --git a/datadog_lambda/handler.py b/datadog_lambda/handler.py
index 2c531515..09cc5e7d 100644
--- a/datadog_lambda/handler.py
+++ b/datadog_lambda/handler.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import os
 from datadog_lambda.wrapper import datadog_lambda_wrapper
+from datadog_lambda.module_name import modify_module_name
 
 
 class HandlerError(Exception):
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ class HandlerError(Exception):
 if len(parts) != 2:
     raise HandlerError("Value %s for DD_LAMBDA_HANDLER has invalid format." % path)
 
+
 (mod_name, handler_name) = parts
-handler_module = import_module(mod_name)
+modified_mod_name = modify_module_name(mod_name)
+handler_module = import_module(modified_mod_name)
 handler = datadog_lambda_wrapper(getattr(handler_module, handler_name))
diff --git a/datadog_lambda/module_name.py b/datadog_lambda/module_name.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f018c5d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datadog_lambda/module_name.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+def modify_module_name(module_name):
+    """Returns a valid modified module to get imported
+    """
+    return ".".join(module_name.split("/"))
diff --git a/tests/test_module_name.py b/tests/test_module_name.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03de197d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_module_name.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import sys
+import os
+import unittest
+
+try:
+    from unittest.mock import patch, call, MagicMock
+except ImportError:
+    from mock import patch, call, MagicMock
+
+from datadog_lambda.module_name import modify_module_name
+
+
+class TestModifyModuleName(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_modify_module_name(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            modify_module_name("lambda/handler/name.bar"), "lambda.handler.name.bar"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            modify_module_name("lambda.handler/name.biz"), "lambda.handler.name.biz"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(modify_module_name("foo.handler"), "foo.handler")