diff --git a/qutebrowser/api/config.py b/qutebrowser/api/config.py
index 6558cf42a..ad0338dd2 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/api/config.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/api/config.py
@@ -25,5 +25,7 @@ MYPY = False
 if MYPY:
     # pylint: disable=unused-import,useless-suppression
     from qutebrowser.config import config
+# pylint: disable=unused-import
+from qutebrowser.config.config import change_filter
 
 val = typing.cast('config.ConfigContainer', None)