diff --git a/linkcheck/checker/urlbase.py b/linkcheck/checker/urlbase.py
index a1a4940a..c7c1a627 100644
--- a/linkcheck/checker/urlbase.py
+++ b/linkcheck/checker/urlbase.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import traceback
 import linkcheck
 import linkcheck.linkparse
 import linkcheck.checker
+import linkcheck.cache.geoip
 import linkcheck.director
 import linkcheck.strformat
 import linkcheck.containers