diff --git a/bin/cqlsh b/bin/cqlsh
index 2c3d4109e6..118fbac24d 100755
--- a/bin/cqlsh
+++ b/bin/cqlsh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ from itertools import groupby
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from glob import glob
 from functools import partial
+from collections import defaultdict
 
 import cmd
 import sys