diff --git a/src/lightning_app/CHANGELOG.md b/src/lightning_app/CHANGELOG.md
index 000fd134911da..0f65db620a60b 100644
--- a/src/lightning_app/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/lightning_app/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 - Fixed PythonServer generating noise on M1 ([#15949](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning/pull/15949))
 
+- Fixed `ImportError` on Multinode if package not present ([#15963](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning/pull/15963))
+
 - Fixed multiprocessing breakpoint ([#15950](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning/pull/15950))
 
 - Fixed detection of a Lightning App running in debug mode ([#15951](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning/pull/15951))
diff --git a/src/lightning_app/components/multi_node/lite.py b/src/lightning_app/components/multi_node/lite.py
index 36709d409e1a0..003c6dfb1c75a 100644
--- a/src/lightning_app/components/multi_node/lite.py
+++ b/src/lightning_app/components/multi_node/lite.py
@@ -37,11 +37,14 @@ def run(
         mps_accelerators = []
 
         for pkg_name in ("lightning.lite", "lightning_" + "lite"):
-            pkg = importlib.import_module(pkg_name)
-            lites.append(pkg.LightningLite)
-            strategies.append(pkg.strategies.DDPSpawnShardedStrategy)
-            strategies.append(pkg.strategies.DDPSpawnStrategy)
-            mps_accelerators.append(pkg.accelerators.MPSAccelerator)
+            try:
+                pkg = importlib.import_module(pkg_name)
+                lites.append(pkg.LightningLite)
+                strategies.append(pkg.strategies.DDPSpawnShardedStrategy)
+                strategies.append(pkg.strategies.DDPSpawnStrategy)
+                mps_accelerators.append(pkg.accelerators.MPSAccelerator)
+            except (ImportError, ModuleNotFoundError):
+                continue
 
         # Used to configure PyTorch progress group
         os.environ["MASTER_ADDR"] = main_address
diff --git a/src/lightning_app/components/multi_node/trainer.py b/src/lightning_app/components/multi_node/trainer.py
index 8f25b71d622c1..76d744e24608c 100644
--- a/src/lightning_app/components/multi_node/trainer.py
+++ b/src/lightning_app/components/multi_node/trainer.py
@@ -37,11 +37,14 @@ def run(
         mps_accelerators = []
 
         for pkg_name in ("lightning.pytorch", "pytorch_" + "lightning"):
-            pkg = importlib.import_module(pkg_name)
-            trainers.append(pkg.Trainer)
-            strategies.append(pkg.strategies.DDPSpawnShardedStrategy)
-            strategies.append(pkg.strategies.DDPSpawnStrategy)
-            mps_accelerators.append(pkg.accelerators.MPSAccelerator)
+            try:
+                pkg = importlib.import_module(pkg_name)
+                trainers.append(pkg.Trainer)
+                strategies.append(pkg.strategies.DDPSpawnShardedStrategy)
+                strategies.append(pkg.strategies.DDPSpawnStrategy)
+                mps_accelerators.append(pkg.accelerators.MPSAccelerator)
+            except (ImportError, ModuleNotFoundError):
+                continue
 
         # Used to configure PyTorch progress group
         os.environ["MASTER_ADDR"] = main_address