diff --git a/news/add_wx_import.rst b/news/add_wx_import.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6cf3dbef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/add_wx_import.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Added a wx import to fix module not found error.
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 18d71f8d..08e2146b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ def getversioncfg():
             g = gitinfo()
         except OSError:
             pass
+    if len(g['version']) == 0:
+        g['version'] = FALLBACK_VERSION
+
     # finally, check and update the active version file
     cp = RawConfigParser()
     cp.read(versioncfgfile)
diff --git a/src/diffpy/utils/wx/gridutils.py b/src/diffpy/utils/wx/gridutils.py
index 55cab38a..4289196d 100644
--- a/src/diffpy/utils/wx/gridutils.py
+++ b/src/diffpy/utils/wx/gridutils.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 """Common functions for manipulating wx.grid.Grid.
 """
 
+import wx
+
 
 def getSelectionRows(grid):
     """Indices of the rows that have any cell selected.