diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/crunchyroll.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/crunchyroll.py
index 9d191de9e..eb1e14fec 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/crunchyroll.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/crunchyroll.py
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ import re
 import json
 import base64
 import zlib
-import cfscrape
+try:
+    import cfscrape
+    install_cfscrape_flag = True
+except ImportError:
+    install_cfscrape_flag = False
 
 from hashlib import sha1
 from math import pow, sqrt, floor
@@ -45,6 +49,10 @@ class CrunchyrollBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
         if username is None:
             return
 
+        if install_cfscrape_flag == False:
+            print 'cfscrape not found. Please install it if you want use login function for CrunchyRoll.'
+            return False
+
         # Scrape cookie from cloudfront and insert them
         scraper = cfscrape.create_scraper()
         tokens = scraper.get_tokens(self._LOGIN_URL, std_headers['User-Agent'])