diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b085baab..2080b8d9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from setuptools.command.install_lib import install_lib as _install_lib
 from distutils.command.build import build as _build
 from distutils.command.sdist import sdist
 from distutils.cmd import Command
+from distutils.errors import CompileError
 from distutils.spawn import find_executable
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages