diff --git a/gluon/utf8.py b/gluon/utf8.py
index 21fd12c4..34bfa87f 100644
--- a/gluon/utf8.py
+++ b/gluon/utf8.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Utilities and class for UTF8 strings managing
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 """
 from __future__ import print_function
-from gluon._compat import builtin as __builtin__, unicodeT, iteritems, to_unicode, to_native
+from gluon._compat import builtin as __builtin__, unicodeT, iteritems, to_unicode, to_native, reload
 
 __all__ = ['Utf8']