diff --git a/util.py b/util.py
index 3b242e26be1532e5896dce4487052a59b978998b..698612a165431ef0031312edfd76a709fa051164 100644
--- a/util.py
+++ b/util.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import copy
 import shutil
 import difflib
 import datetime
+import tempdir as tempfile
 
 import scitran.data