diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
index 9c9fd109181..7609fabeefd 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from distutils.util import get_platform
 from distutils.dir_util import create_tree, remove_tree
 from distutils.errors import *
+from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_version
 from distutils import log
 
 class bdist_wininst (Command):