diff --git a/openerp/tools/misc.py b/openerp/tools/misc.py
index 6d7358702bd..47a2ae4faac 100644
--- a/openerp/tools/misc.py
+++ b/openerp/tools/misc.py
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ from lxml import etree
 from which import which
 from threading import local
 
+try:
+    from html2text import html2text
+except ImportError:
+    html2text = None
+
 from config import config
 from cache import *