diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/amazon_plugin.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/amazon_plugin.py
index cf29e19fa4..cb805e52ce 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/amazon_plugin.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/stores/amazon_plugin.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ __license__ = 'GPL 3'
 __copyright__ = '2011, John Schember <john@nachtimwald.com>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
+import random
 from contextlib import closing
 
 from lxml import html