diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/nxos_bfd_global-add-missing-import.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/nxos_bfd_global-add-missing-import.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff2c2b4228b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/nxos_bfd_global-add-missing-import.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - nxos_bfd_global - add missing import of re
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_bfd_global.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_bfd_global.py
index ecbeb7ccc36..6084c66c055 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_bfd_global.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_bfd_global.py
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ cmds:
 '''
 
 
+import re
 from ansible.module_utils.network.nxos.nxos import NxosCmdRef
 from ansible.module_utils.network.nxos.nxos import nxos_argument_spec, check_args
 from ansible.module_utils.network.nxos.nxos import load_config