diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/nsim.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/nsim.py
index f571a8b3139bc..1a8cbe9acc48e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/nsim.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/nsim.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
+import errno
 import json
 import os
 import random