diff --git a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/rel_upgrade_root.py b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/rel_upgrade_root.py
index 92b996ea..ec0926ef 100755
--- a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/rel_upgrade_root.py
+++ b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/rel_upgrade_root.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import syslog
 
 gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
 from gi.repository import Gtk