diff --git a/spotipy/util.py b/spotipy/util.py
index 65a9701..b400120 100644
--- a/spotipy/util.py
+++ b/spotipy/util.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import warnings
 from types import TracebackType
 
 import urllib3
+import requests
 
 import spotipy