diff --git a/gstlal/bin/gstlal_fake_frames_pipe b/gstlal/bin/gstlal_fake_frames_pipe
index cd3237641d0b3a3c366172d94cce5f8195e392bd..3e0defedb87b41643f6030770ccb91db26f46b1e 100755
--- a/gstlal/bin/gstlal_fake_frames_pipe
+++ b/gstlal/bin/gstlal_fake_frames_pipe
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import subprocess, socket, tempfile
 
 ##############################################################################
 # import the modules we need to build the pipeline
-from glue import pipeline
+from gstlal import pipeline
 from ligo import segments
 import glue.ligolw.utils as ligolw_utils
 import glue.ligolw.utils.segments as ligolw_segments