diff --git a/resources/recipes/mainichi_it_news.recipe b/resources/recipes/mainichi_it_news.recipe
index 732e47bf8e..eddab149cd 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/mainichi_it_news.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/mainichi_it_news.recipe
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+import re
 
 class MainichiDailyITNews(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title          = u'\u6bce\u65e5\u65b0\u805e(IT&\u5bb6\u96fb)'