diff --git a/runtests.py b/runtests.py
index 62ebbef7..53b02af2 100755
--- a/runtests.py
+++ b/runtests.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import django
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.test.runner import DiscoverRunner
 
 sys.path.insert(0, abspath(dirname(__file__)))
 
@@ -179,6 +178,8 @@ def main():
 
     django.setup()
 
+    from django.test.runner import DiscoverRunner
+
     tags = namespace.tag
     failures = DiscoverRunner(
         failfast=bool(namespace.failfast), pdb=bool(namespace.pdb), tags=tags