diff --git a/exe/jekyll-import b/exe/jekyll-import
index 2b2a52c1..8429b7cd 100755
--- a/exe/jekyll-import
+++ b/exe/jekyll-import
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ STDOUT.sync = true
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path("../lib", __dir__)
 
 require 'jekyll-import'
+require 'jekyll-import/version'
 require 'jekyll/commands/import'
 require 'mercenary'