Sublime Python import error

I'm writing a plugin for sublime and require sleekxmpp module from python. Upon importing it, I get an error saying module not found. I copied the sleepxmpp folder into my plugin directory and that worked but created more import problems. I've run other python applications with sleekxmpp on my machine and have had no such errors. 

Does sublime use it's own version of python?Is there a way to link the python path for sublime to the local python installation path so all imports work ok ?