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__)