diff --git a/scapy/scapypipes.py b/scapy/scapypipes.py
index 5664f19dd40e046448d7a8af3faefdcc8985febf..4f882d287810bfa124acd5e99923271646df2d8a 100644
--- a/scapy/scapypipes.py
+++ b/scapy/scapypipes.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Copyright (C) Philippe Biondi <phil@secdev.org>
 ## This program is published under a GPLv2 license
 
+import socket
 from scapy.pipetool import Source,Drain,Sink
 from scapy.config import conf
 from scapy.utils import PcapReader, PcapWriter