diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index dc0dded2..b06b5cc5 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ if (getRversion() >= "4.0.0") importFrom(tools, R_user_dir)
 importFrom(R6,R6Class)
 importFrom(tools,file_ext)
 importFrom(utils,URLencode)
+importFrom(utils,download.file)
 importFrom(utils,getSrcDirectory)
 importFrom(utils,getSrcFilename)
 importFrom(utils,getSrcLocation)
diff --git a/R/bioc.R b/R/bioc.R
index f09e99f5..df14ef82 100644
--- a/R/bioc.R
+++ b/R/bioc.R
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 #' @noRd
 NULL
 
+#' @importFrom utils download.file
 
 bioconductor <- local({