diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
index 36f6dec7a5e1..7a40b1920881 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 import sys
 import warnings
+import time
 import types
 
 from cycler import cycler