diff --git a/scikits/learn/svm/__init__.py b/scikits/learn/svm/__init__.py
index c717b779cdf..dd25f94fc7b 100644
--- a/scikits/learn/svm/__init__.py
+++ b/scikits/learn/svm/__init__.py
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ Support Vector Machine algorithms.
 # License: New BSD, (C) INRIA 2010
 
 from .classes import SVC, NuSVC, SVR, NuSVR, OneClassSVM, LinearSVC
+from .bounds import l1_min_c
 from . import sparse, libsvm, liblinear