diff --git a/sugar/presence/presenceservice.py b/sugar/presence/presenceservice.py
index fc9d13e1..9d435e7e 100644
--- a/sugar/presence/presenceservice.py
+++ b/sugar/presence/presenceservice.py
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@
 # Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 # Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
-import dbus, dbus.glib, gobject
 import logging
 
+import dbus
+import dbus.exceptions
+import dbus.glib
+import gobject
+
 # XXX use absolute imports
 #   from sugar.presence import buddy, activity
 # this *kind* of relative import is deprecated