diff --git a/gluon/compileapp.py b/gluon/compileapp.py
index a59e96d1..1e0d3ef0 100644
--- a/gluon/compileapp.py
+++ b/gluon/compileapp.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import fnmatch
 import os
 import copy
 import random
-from gluon._compat import builtin, PY2, unicodeT, to_native, to_bytes, iteritems, basestring, reduce, xrange, long
+from gluon._compat import builtin, PY2, unicodeT, to_native, to_bytes, iteritems, basestring, reduce, xrange, long, reload
 from gluon.storage import Storage, List
 from gluon.template import parse_template
 from gluon.restricted import restricted, compile2