diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/locale_gen.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/locale_gen.py
index 03d9690e8f..70b83be88a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/locale_gen.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/locale_gen.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import os
 import os.path
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, call
+import re
 
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
 ---