diff --git a/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/make_index.py b/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/make_index.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/make_index.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/make_index.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Original author and date, and relevant c
 
 import os
 import sys
+from os.path import dirname
 
 from string import strip
 from kallithea.model.repo import RepoModel