diff --git a/account_banking_fr_lcr/account_banking_lcr.py b/account_banking_fr_lcr/account_banking_lcr.py
index 7bfa99ed5..9af79507a 100644
--- a/account_banking_fr_lcr/account_banking_lcr.py
+++ b/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/account_banking_fr_lcr/wizard/export_lcr.py b/account_banking_fr_lcr/wizard/export_lcr.py
index 39e8cb4fd..698ee2a02 100644
--- a/account_banking_fr_lcr/wizard/export_lcr.py
+++ b/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/banking_export_pain.py b/account_banking_pain_base/banking_export_pain.py
index 1e7df9cee..f2d0b7c1e 100644
--- a/account_banking_pain_base/banking_export_pain.py
+++ b/account_banking_pain_base/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/account_banking_sepa.py b/account_banking_sepa_credit_transfer/account_banking_sepa.py
index f6a059bcc..3d3b11a4d 100644
--- a/account_banking_sepa_credit_transfer/account_banking_sepa.py
+++ b/account_banking_sepa_credit_transfer/account_banking_sepa.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_sepa(orm.Model):
diff --git a/account_banking_sepa_direct_debit/account_banking_sdd.py b/account_banking_sepa_direct_debit/account_banking_sdd.py
index afeb43b8c..998201b6a 100644
--- a/account_banking_sepa_direct_debit/account_banking_sdd.py
+++ b/account_banking_sepa_direct_debit/account_banking_sdd.py
@@ -23,11 +23,15 @@
 from openerp.osv import orm, fields
 from openerp.tools.translate import _
 from openerp.addons.decimal_precision import decimal_precision as dp
-from unidecode import unidecode
 from datetime import datetime
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
 import logging
 
+try:
+    from unidecode import unidecode
+except ImportError:
+    unidecode = None
+
 NUMBER_OF_UNUSED_MONTHS_BEFORE_EXPIRY = 36
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)