diff --git a/src/sage/matrix/matrix_modn_sparse.pyx b/src/sage/matrix/matrix_modn_sparse.pyx
index b6d60d3d586..2a399790ca3 100644
--- a/src/sage/matrix/matrix_modn_sparse.pyx
+++ b/src/sage/matrix/matrix_modn_sparse.pyx
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ from sage.matrix.args cimport SparseEntry, MatrixArgs_init
 from sage.matrix.matrix2 import Matrix as Matrix2
 from sage.matrix.matrix_dense cimport Matrix_dense
 from sage.matrix.matrix_integer_dense cimport Matrix_integer_dense
+from sage.matrix.matrix_sparse cimport Matrix_sparse
 from sage.misc.verbose import verbose, get_verbose
 from sage.modules.vector_integer_dense cimport Vector_integer_dense
 from sage.modules.vector_integer_sparse cimport *