diff --git a/bin/sugar-activity b/bin/sugar-activity
index 2e41cf86..bc9c861b 100755
--- a/bin/sugar-activity
+++ b/bin/sugar-activity
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ import sys
 import os
 from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
 
+import pygtk
+pygtk.require('2.0')
+
 from sugar import activity
 from sugar import env