diff --git a/python/dune/perftool/generation/cpp.py b/python/dune/perftool/generation/cpp.py
index 8ee17a241552d95d88a991bac67e5fb48a974886..0f44b6950ef9b111f90f0d7a922835912c5b4500 100644
--- a/python/dune/perftool/generation/cpp.py
+++ b/python/dune/perftool/generation/cpp.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Define some generators based on the caching mechanism that
 are commonly needed for code generation
 """
-
+from dune.perftool.options import get_option
 from dune.perftool.generation import generator_factory
 from dune.perftool.cgen.clazz import AccessModifier, BaseClass, ClassMember