diff --git a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/tests/basic/IO.rsc b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/tests/basic/IO.rsc
index 5397a82f756..4c97c758153 100644
--- a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/tests/basic/IO.rsc
+++ b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/tests/basic/IO.rsc
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import String;
 
 import IO;
 import util::UUID;
+import Exception;
 
 private loc aFile = |memory://test-tmp/basic-io-<"<uuidi()>">.txt|;