diff --git a/elpa-to-submit/blackboard.el b/elpa-to-submit/blackboard.el
index 1927f02725..56e51b8afe 100644
--- a/elpa-to-submit/blackboard.el
+++ b/elpa-to-submit/blackboard.el
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 ;;
 ;; All patches welcome
 
+(require 'color-theme)
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun color-theme-blackboard ()
   "Color theme by JD Huntington, based off the TextMate Blackboard theme, created 2008-11-27"