diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py
index 9aa4783ff..92f2d141a 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from wagtail.wagtailadmin.menu import MenuItem
 
 from wagtail.wagtailcore import hooks
-from wagtail.wagtailcore.models import UserPagePermissionsProxy
+from wagtail.wagtailcore.models import get_navigation_menu_items, UserPagePermissionsProxy
 from wagtail.wagtailcore.utils import camelcase_to_underscore