diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/exporters/__init__.py b/IPython/nbconvert/exporters/__init__.py
index c4eb2cb..25dd322 100644
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/exporters/__init__.py
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/exporters/__init__.py
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ from .latex import LatexExporter
 from .markdown import MarkdownExporter
 from .python import PythonExporter
 from .rst import RSTExporter
+from .baseexporter import BaseExporter