diff --git a/libconcord/bindings/python/setup.py b/libconcord/bindings/python/setup.py
index cc72139..b579189 100644
--- a/libconcord/bindings/python/setup.py
+++ b/libconcord/bindings/python/setup.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 from setuptools import setup
 import os
+import sys
 
 common_name='libconcord'
 common_version='1.5'