diff --git a/Lib/distutils/filelist.py b/Lib/distutils/filelist.py
index 3ed6f03291c..e2e2457c8b2 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/filelist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/filelist.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from types import *
 from glob import glob
 from distutils.util import convert_path
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsTemplateError, DistutilsInternalError
+from distutils import log
 
 class FileList: