diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3822bef407cb19eb6ded4337ab7982239a159845..11a8e9bcaca420f53bc8f662eed142e10dc36c4d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import platform
+import subprocess
 
 from setuptools import find_packages
 from setuptools import setup