diff --git a/src/nodemgr/EventManager.py b/src/nodemgr/EventManager.py
index 0bce5732341..7cacd5bc48a 100644
--- a/src/nodemgr/EventManager.py
+++ b/src/nodemgr/EventManager.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import sys
 import socket
 import time
+import subprocess
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 import supervisor.xmlrpc
 import xmlrpclib