diff --git a/mediagoblin/tools/url.py b/mediagoblin/tools/url.py
index e2caed39..78b5dd63 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/tools/url.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/tools/url.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import re
+import translitcodec
 
 
 _punct_re = re.compile(r'[\t !"#$%&\'()*\-/<=>?@\[\\\]^_`{|},.]+')
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4761f2b5..ca7d4ae2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ setup(
         'sphinx',
         'PIL',
         'Babel',
+        'translitcodec',
         'argparse',
         'webtest',
         'ConfigObj',