diff --git a/ptypy/accelerate/cuda_pycuda/cufft.py b/ptypy/accelerate/cuda_pycuda/cufft.py
index 3ff54d55c..5364f092d 100644
--- a/ptypy/accelerate/cuda_pycuda/cufft.py
+++ b/ptypy/accelerate/cuda_pycuda/cufft.py
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ def _load(self, array, pre_fft, post_fft, symmetric, forward):
             int((self.arr_shape[1] + 31) // 32),
             int(self.batches)
         )
+        import skcuda.fft as cu_fft
         self.plan = cu_fft.Plan(
             self.arr_shape,
             array.dtype,