diff --git a/plugins/trustedcoin/trustedcoin.py b/plugins/trustedcoin/trustedcoin.py
index 7b9e54bd0..758a92064 100644
--- a/plugins/trustedcoin/trustedcoin.py
+++ b/plugins/trustedcoin/trustedcoin.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import socket
 import os
 import requests
 import json
+import base64
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 from urllib.parse import quote