diff --git a/direct/src/task/TaskNew.py b/direct/src/task/TaskNew.py
index f3b6376fbc..00866d9713 100644
--- a/direct/src/task/TaskNew.py
+++ b/direct/src/task/TaskNew.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ __all__ = ['Task', 'TaskManager',
 from direct.directnotify.DirectNotifyGlobal import *
 from direct.showbase import ExceptionVarDump
 from direct.showbase.PythonUtil import *
+from direct.showbase.MessengerGlobal import messenger
 import signal
 import types
 import time