diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/vault.py b/lib/ansible/cli/vault.py
index 6231f74332..05a4806577 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/vault.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/vault.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleOptionsError
 from ansible.parsing.vault import VaultEditor
 from ansible.cli import CLI
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
+from ansible.utils.vault import read_vault_file
 
 class VaultCLI(CLI):
     """ Vault command line class """