1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/virtBootstrap/utils.py b/src/virtBootstrap/utils.py
index ea84ed3..20a59d2 100644
--- a/src/virtBootstrap/utils.py
+++ b/src/virtBootstrap/utils.py
@@ -33,9 +33,14 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 import logging
 
-import guestfs
 import passlib.hosts
 
+try:
+    import guestfs
+except ImportError:
+    raise RuntimeError('Python bindings for libguestfs are not installed')
+
+
 # pylint: disable=invalid-name
 # Create logger
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)