diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/utils/imports.py b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/utils/imports.py
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+from rhodecode.lib.vcs.exceptions import VCSError
+
+
+def import_class(class_path):
+    """
+    Returns class from the given path.
+
+    For example, in order to get class located at
+    ``vcs.backends.hg.MercurialRepository``:
+
+        try:
+            hgrepo = import_class('vcs.backends.hg.MercurialRepository')
+        except VCSError:
+            # hadle error
+    """
+    splitted = class_path.split('.')
+    mod_path = '.'.join(splitted[:-1])
+    class_name = splitted[-1]
+    try:
+        class_mod = __import__(mod_path, {}, {}, [class_name])
+    except ImportError, err:
+        msg = "There was problem while trying to import backend class. "\
+            "Original error was:\n%s" % err
+        raise VCSError(msg)
+    cls = getattr(class_mod, class_name)
+
+    return cls