diff --git a/makePDF.py b/makePDF.py
index 1e199599..89c812ab 100644
--- a/makePDF.py
+++ b/makePDF.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 def getOEMCP():
     # Windows OEM/Ansi codepage mismatch issue.
     # We need the OEM cp, because texify and friends are console programs
+    import ctypes
     codepage = ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetOEMCP()
     return str(codepage)