diff --git a/astroid/nodes/node_ng.py b/astroid/nodes/node_ng.py
index beea7d0199..64a750f884 100644
--- a/astroid/nodes/node_ng.py
+++ b/astroid/nodes/node_ng.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 from astroid.nodes.const import OP_PRECEDENCE
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from astroid import nodes
+
     if sys.version_info >= (3, 6, 2):
         from typing import NoReturn
     else: