diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/native_type_compatibility.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/native_type_compatibility.py
index 637574ce837e..7cdfa0721ffa 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/native_type_compatibility.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/native_type_compatibility.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import collections
 import collections.abc
 import logging
+import sys
 import types
 import typing
 from typing import Generic