diff --git a/progit/hooks/files/progit_hook.py b/progit/hooks/files/progit_hook.py
index b27325d..0b9c9af 100644
--- a/progit/hooks/files/progit_hook.py
+++ b/progit/hooks/files/progit_hook.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ if 'PROGIT_CONFIG' not in os.environ \
 
 import progit
 import progit.exceptions
+import progit.lib.link
 
 
 def read_git_output(args, input=None, keepends=False, **kw):