diff --git a/Lib/xml/sax/xmlreader.py b/Lib/xml/sax/xmlreader.py
index 8d376c4cc00..f1c9d9db2ed 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/sax/xmlreader.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/sax/xmlreader.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 import handler
 
+from _exceptions import SAXNotSupportedException, SAXNotRecognizedException
+
+
 # ===== XMLREADER =====
 
 class XMLReader: