diff --git a/tempest/tests/compute/base.py b/tempest/tests/compute/base.py
index e1b7bdd..5f030fa 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/compute/base.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/compute/base.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import time
 
 import unittest2 as unittest
+import nose
 
 from tempest import config
 from tempest import openstack