diff --git a/buildroot/bin/use_example_configs b/buildroot/bin/use_example_configs
index 193da74901..11e9d78c0c 100755
--- a/buildroot/bin/use_example_configs
+++ b/buildroot/bin/use_example_configs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #       The fallback branch is bugfix-2.1.x.
 #
 
-import os, subprocess, sys, urllib.request
+import os, subprocess, sys, urllib.request, urllib.error
 
 def get_current_branch():
   try: