diff --git a/C4/Context.pm b/C4/Context.pm
index 74b5c2471a..54b59b5921 100644
--- a/C4/Context.pm
+++ b/C4/Context.pm
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ BEGIN {
 }
 
 use DBI;
+use Encode;
 use ZOOM;
 use XML::Simple;
 use C4::Boolean;