diff --git a/skimage/filters/__init__.py b/skimage/filters/__init__.py
index eb7b7f82..169b4132 100644
--- a/skimage/filters/__init__.py
+++ b/skimage/filters/__init__.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from ._gabor import gabor_kernel, gabor_filter
 from .thresholding import (threshold_adaptive, threshold_otsu, threshold_yen,
                            threshold_isodata)
 from . import rank
+from .rank import median
 
 from skimage._shared.utils import deprecated
 from skimage import restoration
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ __all__ = ['inverse',
            'wiener',
            'LPIFilter2D',
            'gaussian_filter',
+           'median',
            'canny',
            'sobel',
            'hsobel',
diff --git a/skimage/filters/tests/test_median.py b/skimage/filters/tests/test_median.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..213c06ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skimage/filters/tests/test_median.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def test_median_in_filters():
+    from skimage.filters import median