diff --git a/cps/gdriveutils.py b/cps/gdriveutils.py
index 9ec83059..5cf52307 100644
--- a/cps/gdriveutils.py
+++ b/cps/gdriveutils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-from pydrive.auth import GoogleAuth
-from pydrive.drive import GoogleDrive
+try:
+    from pydrive.auth import GoogleAuth
+    from pydrive.drive import GoogleDrive
+except ImportError:
+    pass
 import os, time
 
 from ub import config
diff --git a/cps/helper.py b/cps/helper.py
index 424e1f2b..1a89c86c 100755
--- a/cps/helper.py
+++ b/cps/helper.py
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ import shutil
 import requests
 import zipfile
 from tornado.ioloop import IOLoop
-import gdriveutils as gd
+try:
+    import gdriveutils as gd
+except ImportError:
+    pass
 import web
 
 try:
diff --git a/cps/web.py b/cps/web.py
index 59655755..4188afdd 100755
--- a/cps/web.py
+++ b/cps/web.py
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from pydrive.auth import GoogleAuth
+try:
+    from pydrive.auth import GoogleAuth
+    from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError
+    gdrive_support= True
+except ImportError:
+    gdrive_support=False
 
 import mimetypes
 import logging
@@ -56,8 +61,6 @@ import io
 import hashlib
 import threading
 
-from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError
-
 from tornado import version as tornadoVersion
 
 try: