diff --git a/bob/bio/base/utils/resources.py b/bob/bio/base/utils/resources.py
index fb8cd8cf766229eb47d29cd2c15344d4ed64d4b2..c2acef4b487b90240670fb8778aade11eb17465b 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/utils/resources.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/utils/resources.py
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ def database_directories(strip=['dummy'], replacements = None):
       dirs[entry_point.name] = [db.original_directory]
       if db.annotation_directory is not None:
         dirs[entry_point.name].append(db.annotation_directory)
-    except (AttributeError, ValueError):
+    except (AttributeError, ValueError, ImportError):
       pass
 
   return dirs