diff --git a/Lib/concurrent/futures/interpreter.py b/Lib/concurrent/futures/interpreter.py
index 310acc4de08b93..b85e437540a243 100644
--- a/Lib/concurrent/futures/interpreter.py
+++ b/Lib/concurrent/futures/interpreter.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ def prepare(cls, initializer, initargs, shared):
         elif initializer is not None:
             pickled = pickle.dumps((initializer, initargs))
             initscript = f'''if True:
+                import pickle
                 initializer, initargs = pickle.loads({pickled!r})
                 initializer(*initargs)
                 '''