diff --git a/tinman/handlers/__init__.py b/tinman/handlers/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/tinman/handlers/__init__.py
+++ b/tinman/handlers/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 application development.
 
 """
+from tinman.handlers.base import RequestHandler
 from tinman.handlers.session import SessionRequestHandler
Make the base request handler available by default