diff --git a/riak/transports/pbc.py b/riak/transports/pbc.py
index 1b525505..6831f50f 100644
--- a/riak/transports/pbc.py
+++ b/riak/transports/pbc.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 from riak.metadata import (
         MD_CHARSET,
         MD_CTYPE,
+        MD_DELETED,
         MD_ENCODING,
         MD_INDEX,
         MD_LASTMOD,