diff --git a/deluge/core/rpcserver.py b/deluge/core/rpcserver.py
index 48a210311..fd129517c 100644
--- a/deluge/core/rpcserver.py
+++ b/deluge/core/rpcserver.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 """RPCServer Module"""
 
 import gobject
+import sys
 
 from deluge.SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCServer
 from deluge.SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler