diff --git a/skimage/util/tests/test_apply_parallel.py b/skimage/util/tests/test_apply_parallel.py
index c0d3f44d..a43f4338 100644
--- a/skimage/util/tests/test_apply_parallel.py
+++ b/skimage/util/tests/test_apply_parallel.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 import numpy as np
 from numpy.testing import assert_array_almost_equal
 
 from skimage.filters import threshold_adaptive, gaussian_filter
-from skimage.util import apply_parallel
+from skimage.util.apply_parallel import apply_parallel
 
 
 def test_apply_parallel():