diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_common.py b/lib/ansible/module_common.py
index 27d45aed44d..e62932ad7c5 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_common.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_common.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import stat
 import grp
 import pwd
 import platform
+import errno
 
 HAVE_SELINUX=False
 try: