diff --git a/skimage/feature/_hog.py b/skimage/feature/_hog.py
index 64ef3bdf..e9bfdeb6 100644
--- a/skimage/feature/_hog.py
+++ b/skimage/feature/_hog.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import numpy as np
 from scipy import sqrt, pi, arctan2, cos, sin
 from scipy.ndimage import uniform_filter
 from .._shared.utils import assert_nD
-import _hoghistogram
+from . import _hoghistogram
 
 def hog(image, orientations=9, pixels_per_cell=(8, 8),
         cells_per_block=(3, 3), visualise=False, normalise=False):