diff --git a/lib/pure/complex.nim b/lib/pure/complex.nim
index 77f2b35bef..b57bcdc533 100644
--- a/lib/pure/complex.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/complex.nim
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ runnableExamples:
 {.push checks: off, line_dir: off, stack_trace: off, debugger: off.}
 # the user does not want to trace a part of the standard library!
 
-import std/[math, strformat]
+import std/[math, strformat, strutils]
 
 type
   Complex*[T: SomeFloat] = object
diff --git a/tests/stdlib/tcomplex.nim b/tests/stdlib/tcomplex.nim
index ca83314b94..02023f696b 100644
--- a/tests/stdlib/tcomplex.nim
+++ b/tests/stdlib/tcomplex.nim
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ discard """
   matrix: "--mm:refc; --mm:orc"
 """
 
-import std/[complex, math]
+import std/[complex, math, strformat, formatfloat]
 import std/assertions
 
 proc `=~`[T](x, y: Complex[T]): bool =
@@ -113,3 +113,7 @@ doAssert 123.0.im + 456.0 == complex64(456, 123)
 
 let localA = complex(0.1'f32)
 doAssert localA.im is float32
+
+block: # bug #24666
+  let z = complex64(1, 2)
+  doAssert fmt"{z}" == "(1.0, 2.0)"