diff --git a/misc/cronjobs/delete_items.pl b/misc/cronjobs/delete_items.pl
index 93a00c6c1f..3cbe5accc3 100755
--- a/misc/cronjobs/delete_items.pl
+++ b/misc/cronjobs/delete_items.pl
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ use C4::Context;
 use Modern::Perl;
 use Pod::Usage qw( pod2usage );
 
+use Koha::Items;
+
 my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh();
 
 my $query = {