diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/clustering/consul_acl.py b/lib/ansible/modules/clustering/consul_acl.py
index 446e80ee27d..0415d2a6284 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/clustering/consul_acl.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/clustering/consul_acl.py
@@ -175,8 +175,13 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pyhcl_installed = False
 
+try:
+    from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
+    has_requests = True
+except ImportError:
+    has_requests = False
+
 from collections import defaultdict
-from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import to_text, AnsibleModule
 
 
@@ -607,6 +612,9 @@ def check_dependencies():
         raise ImportError("pyhcl required for this module. "
                           "See: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyhcl")
 
+    if not has_requests:
+        raise ImportError("requests required for this module. See https://pypi.python.org/pypi/requests")
+
 
 def main():
     """
diff --git a/test/sanity/import/skip.txt b/test/sanity/import/skip.txt
index ee33e58233a..cc3f7a09785 100644
--- a/test/sanity/import/skip.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/import/skip.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ lib/ansible/modules/cloud/webfaction/webfaction_db.py
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/webfaction/webfaction_domain.py
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/webfaction/webfaction_mailbox.py
 lib/ansible/modules/cloud/webfaction/webfaction_site.py
-lib/ansible/modules/clustering/consul_acl.py
 lib/ansible/modules/network/cloudengine/ce_file_copy.py
 lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_static_route.py
 lib/ansible/modules/network/lenovo/cnos_backup.py