diff --git a/requests/utils.py b/requests/utils.py
index 5000105a..4283560e 100644
--- a/requests/utils.py
+++ b/requests/utils.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import os
 import platform
 import re
 import sys
-from netrc import netrc, NetrcParseError
 
 from . import __version__
 from . import certs
@@ -67,6 +66,8 @@ def get_netrc_auth(url):
     """Returns the Requests tuple auth for a given url from netrc."""
 
     try:
+        from netrc import netrc, NetrcParseError
+
         locations = (os.path.expanduser('~/{0}'.format(f)) for f in NETRC_FILES)
         netrc_path = None