diff --git a/trio/_dtls.py b/trio/_dtls.py
index 08b7672a2f..541144de07 100644
--- a/trio/_dtls.py
+++ b/trio/_dtls.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 from weakref import ReferenceType, WeakValueDictionary
 
 import attr
-from OpenSSL import SSL
 
 import trio
 
@@ -39,6 +38,8 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from types import TracebackType
 
+    # See DTLSEndpoint.__init__ for why this is imported here
+    from OpenSSL import SSL
     from OpenSSL.SSL import Context
     from typing_extensions import Self, TypeAlias