diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/allow_funcd_to_load.yml b/changelogs/fragments/allow_funcd_to_load.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3336b0aaf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/allow_funcd_to_load.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - funcd connection plugin - can now load (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2235).
diff --git a/plugins/connection/funcd.py b/plugins/connection/funcd.py
index 193e298fe2..3aed7145cb 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/funcd.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/funcd.py
@@ -37,12 +37,13 @@ import tempfile
 import shutil
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
+from ansible.plugins.connection import ConnectionBase
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 
 display = Display()
 
 
-class Connection(object):
+class Connection(ConnectionBase):
     ''' Func-based connections '''
 
     has_pipelining = False