diff --git a/direct/src/gui/DirectGuiBase.py b/direct/src/gui/DirectGuiBase.py
index 1348b0a2e3..3b47ac1973 100644
--- a/direct/src/gui/DirectGuiBase.py
+++ b/direct/src/gui/DirectGuiBase.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ __all__ = ['DirectGuiBase', 'DirectGuiWidget']
 
 from panda3d.core import *
 from direct.showbase import ShowBaseGlobal
-from direct.showbase import ShowBase
+from direct.showbase.ShowBase import ShowBase
 from . import DirectGuiGlobals as DGG
 from .OnscreenText import *
 from .OnscreenGeom import *