1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gpsprof b/gpsprof
index a0b01751..6b0650f7 100755
--- a/gpsprof
+++ b/gpsprof
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ import socket
 import sys
 import time
 
-import gps
+# pylint wants local modules last
+try:
+    import gps
+except ImportError as e:
+    sys.stderr.write(
+        "gpsprof: can't load Python gps libraries -- check PYTHONPATH.\n")
+    sys.stderr.write("%s\n" % e)
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 gps_version = '3.19-dev'
 if gps.__version__ != gps_version: