diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index b709777f24..ee9950f207 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ inherit logging
 
 OE_EXTRA_IMPORTS ?= ""
 
-OE_IMPORTS += "os sys time oe.path oe.utils oe.types oe.package oe.packagegroup oe.sstatesig oe.lsb oe.cachedpath oe.license oe.qa oe.reproducible ${OE_EXTRA_IMPORTS}"
+OE_IMPORTS += "os sys time oe.path oe.utils oe.types oe.package oe.packagegroup oe.sstatesig oe.lsb oe.cachedpath oe.license oe.qa oe.reproducible crate ${OE_EXTRA_IMPORTS}"
 OE_IMPORTS[type] = "list"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS ??= ""