diff --git a/src/calibre/__init__.py b/src/calibre/__init__.py
index 6c04d72e9a..1d2d5d2b66 100644
--- a/src/calibre/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ except EnvironmentError:
 
 from calibre.constants import (iswindows, ismacos, islinux, isfrozen,
         isbsd, preferred_encoding, __appname__, __version__, __author__,
-        win32event, win32api, winerror, fcntl,
+        win32event, win32api, winerror, fcntl, plugins,
         filesystem_encoding, config_dir)
 from calibre.startup import winutil, winutilerror
 from calibre.utils.icu import safe_chr
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if False:
     # Prevent pyflakes from complaining
     winutil, winutilerror, __appname__, islinux, __version__
     fcntl, win32event, isfrozen, __author__
-    winerror, win32api, isbsd, config_dir
+    winerror, win32api, isbsd, config_dir, plugins
 
 _mt_inited = False