diff --git a/spacy/util.py b/spacy/util.py
index 48d760fc5..fbcf3ae6b 100644
--- a/spacy/util.py
+++ b/spacy/util.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import sys
 import textwrap
 import random
+import numpy
 
 import msgpack
 import msgpack_numpy