diff --git a/lib/octokit/error.rb b/lib/octokit/error.rb
index 5ceb50a54..922ff6604 100644
--- a/lib/octokit/error.rb
+++ b/lib/octokit/error.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'octokit/rate_limit'
+
 module Octokit
   # Custom error class for rescuing from all GitHub errors
   class Error < StandardError