diff --git a/services/nm/sugar-nm-applet b/services/nm/sugar-nm-applet
index 537c3ece..cef78f48 100644
--- a/services/nm/sugar-nm-applet
+++ b/services/nm/sugar-nm-applet
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 
 import sys
 import logging
+
+import pygtk
+pygtk.require('2.0')
+
 from sugar import logger
 from sugar import env