diff --git a/Lib/distutils/dir_util.py b/Lib/distutils/dir_util.py
index d6875936d62..9c5cf337c6c 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/dir_util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/dir_util.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Utility functions for manipulating directories and directory trees."""
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os
+import errno
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsFileError, DistutilsInternalError
 from distutils import log
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index cc1e5f6163f..efd48aaf120 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #10407: Fix one NameError in distutils.
+
 - Issue #10198: fix duplicate header written to wave files when writeframes()
   is called without data.