diff --git a/src/sugar3/mime.py b/src/sugar3/mime.py
index a4f4a47a..cd30fa70 100644
--- a/src/sugar3/mime.py
+++ b/src/sugar3/mime.py
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ import os
 import logging
 import gettext
 
+import gi
+gi.require_version('GdkPixbuf', '2.0')
+
 from gi.repository import GLib
 from gi.repository import GdkPixbuf
 from gi.repository import Gio