diff --git a/mercurial/worker.py b/mercurial/worker.py
--- a/mercurial/worker.py
+++ b/mercurial/worker.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
 
 from i18n import _
-import os, signal, sys, threading, util
+import errno, os, signal, sys, threading, util
 
 def countcpus():
     '''try to count the number of CPUs on the system'''