diff --git a/cloud/ovirt b/cloud/ovirt
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b71d3303757..fb84e918001
--- a/cloud/ovirt
+++ b/cloud/ovirt
@@ -205,8 +205,12 @@ action: ovirt >
 
 
 '''
-from ovirtsdk.api import API
-from ovirtsdk.xml import params
+try:
+    from ovirtsdk.api import API
+    from ovirtsdk.xml import params
+except ImportError:
+    print "failed=True msg='ovirtsdk required for this module'"
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 # create connection with API