diff --git a/plugins/modules/sysrc.py b/plugins/modules/sysrc.py
index ea710fe7f3..0b57becbff 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/sysrc.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/sysrc.py
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ changed:
 
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.module_helper import StateModuleHelper
 
+import os
 import re