diff --git a/tests/test_run.py b/tests/test_run.py
index ac575f26b..0f391fa00 100644
--- a/tests/test_run.py
+++ b/tests/test_run.py
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ class TestRunDeterministic(TestDvc):
     def test(self):
 
         def _run(target, deterministic=False):
+            import shlex
 
             command = [
                 'dvc', 'run', '--verbose', '-f', '{}.dvc'.format(target), '-d', 'file1', '-o', target,