diff --git a/ycdl/ytrss.py b/ycdl/ytrss.py
index 7b579dd..fd3ff19 100644
--- a/ycdl/ytrss.py
+++ b/ycdl/ytrss.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import bs4
+# Importing so that if lxml is not installed, you get an ImportError right
+# away instead of when bs4 tries to parse.
+import lxml
 import requests
 
 from voussoirkit import vlogging