diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/fileglob.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/fileglob.py
index a015bd88161..66de4f1f45d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/fileglob.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/fileglob.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import glob
 
 from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleFileNotFound
-from ansible.utils.unicode import to_bytes
+from ansible.utils.unicode import to_bytes, to_unicode
 
 class LookupModule(LookupBase):