diff --git a/cssutils/css/cssrule.py b/cssutils/css/cssrule.py
index 981d46d9..ec87e172 100644
--- a/cssutils/css/cssrule.py
+++ b/cssutils/css/cssrule.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 __all__ = ['CSSRule']
 
-import cssutils
+import cssutils.util
 import xml.dom