diff --git a/direct/src/task/Task.py b/direct/src/task/Task.py
index d422edfcb3..15e7fd21a9 100644
--- a/direct/src/task/Task.py
+++ b/direct/src/task/Task.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import fnmatch
 import string
 import signal
 from libheapq import heappush, heappop, heapify
+import types
 
 if __debug__:
     # For pstats