diff --git a/src/centpkg/__init__.py b/src/centpkg/__init__.py
index 3a4529f..21c6827 100644
--- a/src/centpkg/__init__.py
+++ b/src/centpkg/__init__.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import re
 import warnings
 
 from pyrpkg import Commands, rpkgError
+# doc/centpkg_man_page.py uses the 'cli' import
+from . import cli  # noqa
 from .lookaside import StreamLookasideCache, SIGLookasideCache
 from pyrpkg.utils import cached_property