diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/ci.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/ci.py
index 3021135e334329e77006e1eaf59039fe14b7c6cd..aa98dbefddc33ff5fa8e1fe18f12dfb89f70d8cb 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/ci.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/ci.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 import yaml
 import click
 import pkg_resources
+import conda_build.api
 from click_plugins import with_plugins
 
 from . import bdt