diff --git a/django-stubs/conf/__init__.pyi b/django-stubs/conf/__init__.pyi
index 8589f377aa..9651961b84 100644
--- a/django-stubs/conf/__init__.pyi
+++ b/django-stubs/conf/__init__.pyi
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from django.utils.functional import LazyObject
 from typing_extensions import Literal
 
 # explicit dependency on standard settings to make it loaded
+from . import global_settings  # noqa: F401
 
 ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE: Literal["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"]
 DEFAULT_STORAGE_ALIAS: Literal["default"]