diff --git a/src/mio/installer.py b/src/mio/installer.py
index b6be6c8264eaa01867046bb89c1e6a78781ad9e0..cd9b1bc0b86a4bc75783df1874b52a242069335a 100755
--- a/src/mio/installer.py
+++ b/src/mio/installer.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import fnmatch
-import mio.rpmDB
+try:
+    import mio.rpmDB
+except:
+    # Hopefully not needing rpm's
+    pass
 import mio.util
 import mio.yum