diff --git a/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/tool/brick.py b/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/tool/brick.py
index e1ea86ecf7..2a970450d4 100644
--- a/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/tool/brick.py
+++ b/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/tool/brick.py
@@ -18,10 +18,15 @@
 
 import os
 import bpy
-import brickschema
 import blenderbim.core.tool
 import blenderbim.tool as tool
 
+try:
+    import brickschema
+except:
+    # See #1860
+    print("Warning: brickschema not available.")
+
 
 class Brick(blenderbim.core.tool.Brick):
     @classmethod