diff --git a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/mantidplot.py b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/mantidplot.py
index 48e47f867ff733bdb693d5b45e27ea75f5042eac..4e379044d1993f269d5859736e71649b59c49177 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/mantidplot.py
+++ b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/mantidplot.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 try:
-    import pymantidplot
+    import mantidplot
+    from pymantidplot import *
 except ImportError:
     raise ImportError('Could not import mantidplot (when trying to import pymantidplot). Something is broken in this installation, please check.')