diff --git a/awx/main/migrations/_inventory_source_vars.py b/awx/main/migrations/_inventory_source_vars.py
index 857bb1c07e..edd2e6827a 100644
--- a/awx/main/migrations/_inventory_source_vars.py
+++ b/awx/main/migrations/_inventory_source_vars.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import json
+
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _