diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 6fcc1b8e8..aab4f2db1 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ importFrom(stats,runif)
 importFrom(stats,sd)
 importFrom(stats,var)
 importFrom(truncnorm,rtruncnorm)
+importFrom(utils,capture.output)
 importFrom(utils,head)
 importFrom(utils,modifyList)
 importFrom(utils,tail)
diff --git a/R/fit.R b/R/fit.R
index a45d4b19f..3ae7710dd 100644
--- a/R/fit.R
+++ b/R/fit.R
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ fit_model_with_nuts <- function(args, future = FALSE, max_execution_time = Inf,
 #' @importFrom rstan vb
 #' @importFrom rlang abort
 #' @importFrom cli cli_abort
+#' @importFrom utils capture.output
 #' @return A stan model object
 #' @keywords internal
 fit_model_approximate <- function(args, future = FALSE, id = "stan") {