diff --git a/skimage/measure/find_contours.py b/skimage/measure/find_contours.py
index 582c1b52..92f848d2 100755
--- a/skimage/measure/find_contours.py
+++ b/skimage/measure/find_contours.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import numpy as np
-import _find_contours
+from . import _find_contours
 
 from collections import deque