diff --git a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/mantidplotrc.py b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/mantidplotrc.py
index 60bfcf2d8af4a73f182220433a807dc1c2379442..3248e5d5a065e055e861df6288cd1fbed2371dea 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/mantidplotrc.py
+++ b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/mantidplotrc.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     def _ScopeInspector_GetFunctionAttributes(definitions):
         if type(definitions) != dict:
             return []
+        from mantid.simpleapi import _get_function_spec
         keywords = []
         for name,obj in definitions.iteritems():
             if name.startswith('_') : continue