diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/netutil.py b/confluent_server/confluent/netutil.py
index d5457c0d..d31a4a0d 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/netutil.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/netutil.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # this will implement noderange grammar
 
 
+import confluent.exceptions as exc
 import codecs
 import struct
 import eventlet.green.socket as socket