diff --git a/__unported__/account_banking_fr_lcr/account_banking_lcr.py b/__unported__/account_banking_fr_lcr/account_banking_lcr.py
index 7c4b3add8..be5e9001b 100644
--- a/__unported__/account_banking_fr_lcr/account_banking_lcr.py
+++ b/__unported__/account_banking_fr_lcr/account_banking_lcr.py
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@
 
 from openerp.osv import orm, fields
 from openerp.addons.decimal_precision import decimal_precision as dp
-from unidecode import unidecode
+
+try:
+    from unidecode import unidecode
+except ImportError:
+    unidecode = None
 
 
 class banking_export_lcr(orm.Model):
diff --git a/__unported__/account_banking_fr_lcr/wizard/export_lcr.py b/__unported__/account_banking_fr_lcr/wizard/export_lcr.py
index def19d3cf..2e149bb8c 100644
--- a/__unported__/account_banking_fr_lcr/wizard/export_lcr.py
+++ b/__unported__/account_banking_fr_lcr/wizard/export_lcr.py
@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@ from openerp.tools.translate import _
 from openerp import netsvc
 from datetime import datetime
 from openerp.tools import DEFAULT_SERVER_DATE_FORMAT
-from unidecode import unidecode
 import base64
 
+try:
+    from unidecode import unidecode
+except ImportError:
+    unidecode = None
+
 LCR_DATE_FORMAT = '%d%m%y'
 
 
diff --git a/account_banking_pain_base/models/banking_export_pain.py b/account_banking_pain_base/models/banking_export_pain.py
index 0a9e3713a..97ba21b8a 100644
--- a/account_banking_pain_base/models/banking_export_pain.py
+++ b/account_banking_pain_base/models/banking_export_pain.py
@@ -24,12 +24,17 @@ from openerp.osv import orm
 from openerp.tools.translate import _
 from openerp.tools.safe_eval import safe_eval
 from datetime import datetime
-from unidecode import unidecode
 from lxml import etree
 from openerp import tools
 import logging
 import base64
 
+
+try:
+    from unidecode import unidecode
+except ImportError:
+    unidecode = None
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/account_banking_sepa_credit_transfer/models/account_banking_sepa.py b/account_banking_sepa_credit_transfer/models/account_banking_sepa.py
index cace58820..f463a5050 100644
--- a/account_banking_sepa_credit_transfer/models/account_banking_sepa.py
+++ b/account_banking_sepa_credit_transfer/models/account_banking_sepa.py
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@
 
 from openerp import models, fields, api
 from openerp.addons.decimal_precision import decimal_precision as dp
-from unidecode import unidecode
+
+try:
+    from unidecode import unidecode
+except ImportError:
+    unidecode = None
 
 
 class BankingExportSepa(models.Model):
diff --git a/account_banking_sepa_direct_debit/models/banking_export_sdd.py b/account_banking_sepa_direct_debit/models/banking_export_sdd.py
index c80cebf6e..84ac0b5e7 100644
--- a/account_banking_sepa_direct_debit/models/banking_export_sdd.py
+++ b/account_banking_sepa_direct_debit/models/banking_export_sdd.py
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@
 
 from openerp import models, fields, api
 from openerp.addons.decimal_precision import decimal_precision as dp
-from unidecode import unidecode
+
+try:
+    from unidecode import unidecode
+except ImportError:
+    unidecode = None
 
 
 class BankingExportSdd(models.Model):