diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/libvirt_lxc.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/libvirt_lxc.py
index 2ff6fbe89d0..f7b187e01cb 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/libvirt_lxc.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/libvirt_lxc.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import os
 import os.path
 import pipes
 import subprocess
+import traceback
 
 from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError