diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7131d6522..a811016e7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-11-05 Jim Sack <jgsack@san.rr.com>
+	* src/gen/proxy/dbbase.py
+	add missing gettext import (noticed by chance)
+
 2007-11-05 Jim Sack <jgsack@san.rr.com>
 	* src/test/test/test_util_test.py fix subtle error in test 2a
 	* src/GrampsDbUtils/test/_GedcomChar_test.py add for testing next
diff --git a/src/gen/proxy/dbbase.py b/src/gen/proxy/dbbase.py
index 3709fa1ea..08b47e54f 100644
--- a/src/gen/proxy/dbbase.py
+++ b/src/gen/proxy/dbbase.py
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ Proxy class for the GRAMPS databases. Filter out all data marked private.
 __author__ = "Brian Matherly"
 __revision__ = "$Revision: 8864 $"
 
+from gettext import gettext as _
+
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # GRAMPS libraries