diff --git a/django/utils/log.py b/django/utils/log.py
index 22452f994c..c8cfd6e635 100644
--- a/django/utils/log.py
+++ b/django/utils/log.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import logging
+import logging.config  # needed when logging_config doesn't start with logging.config
 import sys
 import warnings