diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package.py b/meta/lib/oe/package.py
index 1511ba47c4..ffe5a2157b 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/package.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/package.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import glob
 import stat
 import mmap
 import subprocess
+import shutil
 
 import oe.cachedpath