diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/importDXF.py b/src/Mod/Draft/importDXF.py
index b607aa8ce7..ce1f1d0038 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/importDXF.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/importDXF.py
@@ -185,7 +185,10 @@ def getDXFlibs():
         global dxfLibrary, dxfColorMap, dxfReader
         import dxfLibrary
         import dxfColorMap
-        import dxfReader
+        try:
+            import dxfReader
+        except:
+            libsok = False
     except ImportError:
         libsok = False
         FCC.PrintWarning("DXF libraries not found. Trying to download...\n")