diff --git a/src/sos/eval.py b/src/sos/eval.py
index 152036b01..ec3c96c17 100644
--- a/src/sos/eval.py
+++ b/src/sos/eval.py
@@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ def SoS_exec(script: str,
     if _dict is None:
         _dict = env.sos_dict.dict()
 
+    if not 'sos_tagets' in _dict:
+        exec('from sos.runtime import *', _dict)
+
     if not return_result:
         if env.verbosity == 0:
             with contextlib.redirect_stdout(None):
@@ -505,4 +508,4 @@ def analyze_global_statements(global_stmt):
                     f"Variable {key} cannot be defined in global section because it cannot be pickled to workers."
                 ) from e
     return global_def, global_vars
-    
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+