diff --git a/django/utils/_os.py b/django/utils/_os.py
index 706268a74d..f7b279db24 100644
--- a/django/utils/_os.py
+++ b/django/utils/_os.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import stat
 from os.path import join, normcase, normpath, abspath, isabs, sep
 from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode