diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b4f739d3..dbca2d63 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import sys
 from distutils.cmd import Command
 from distutils.command.build import build as _build
 from distutils.command.sdist import sdist
+from distutils.errors import CompileError
 from distutils.spawn import find_executable
 
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup