diff --git a/src/xpra/server/auth/sql_auth.py b/src/xpra/server/auth/sql_auth.py
index a1f68c5998..3e2474c3fc 100755
--- a/src/xpra/server/auth/sql_auth.py
+++ b/src/xpra/server/auth/sql_auth.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import sys
 
 from xpra.server.auth.sqlauthbase import SQLAuthenticator, DatabaseUtilBase, run_dbutil
+from xpra.server.auth.sys_auth_base import log
 
 
 class Authenticator(SQLAuthenticator):