diff --git a/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_npm.py b/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_npm.py
index 07fcf4d883..6252e915b5 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_npm.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_npm.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class NpmRecipeHandler(RecipeHandler):
 
     def process(self, srctree, classes, lines_before, lines_after, handled, extravalues):
         import bb.utils
-        import oe
+        import oe.package
         from collections import OrderedDict
 
         if 'buildsystem' in handled: