diff --git a/optional_requirements.txt b/optional_requirements.txt
index cd98c274..fe6503c5 100644
--- a/optional_requirements.txt
+++ b/optional_requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PySide; python_version != '2.7'
-imread; python_version != '3.2'
+imread; python_version != '2.7' and python_version != '3.2'
 SimpleITK; python_version != '3.2' and python_version != '3.4'
 astropy
 tifffile