diff --git a/scripts/powerline-config b/scripts/powerline-config
index 028ab783..bcece7e6 100755
--- a/scripts/powerline-config
+++ b/scripts/powerline-config
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import argparse
 try:
 	import powerline.bindings.config as config
 except ImportError:
+	import sys
+	import os
 	sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(os.path.realpath(__file__)))))
 	import powerline.bindings.config as config  # NOQA