diff --git a/bin/ma5 b/bin/ma5
index a7974cf4..63663514 100755
--- a/bin/ma5
+++ b/bin/ma5
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ and call immediately the command line interface scripts
 """
 
 import importlib
+import importlib.util
 import os
 import sys
 
diff --git a/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md b/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md
index 9400eed3..7000c89c 100644
--- a/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md
+++ b/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 ## Bug fixes
 
+* Add missing `importlib.util` import.
+([#278](https://github.com/MadAnalysis/madanalysis5/pull/278))
+
 ## Contributors
 
 This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):