diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/InitGui.py b/src/Mod/TechDraw/InitGui.py
index 0aff2385cc..4065e70180 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/InitGui.py
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/InitGui.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ class TechDrawWorkbench(Workbench):
     def Initialize(self):
         # load the module
 
+        import TechDrawGui
+
         try:
             import TechDrawTools
         except ImportError as err: