diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 1f774c6..8f44efb 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Revision history for Data-SearchEngine-ElasticSearch
 
 {{$NEXT}}
+  * Include item in ElasticSearch.pm to prevent runtime errors.
 
 0.03 Jul 17 2011
   * Make _index a value in the Item for search results.
diff --git a/lib/Data/SearchEngine/ElasticSearch.pm b/lib/Data/SearchEngine/ElasticSearch.pm
index da9a9f3..bebfec3 100644
--- a/lib/Data/SearchEngine/ElasticSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/Data/SearchEngine/ElasticSearch.pm
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ with (
     'Data::SearchEngine::Modifiable'
 );
 
+use Data::SearchEngine::Item;
 use Data::SearchEngine::Paginator;
 use Data::SearchEngine::ElasticSearch::Results;