diff --git a/skimage/novice/_novice.py b/skimage/novice/_novice.py
index 72f06855..2fc4b280 100644
--- a/skimage/novice/_novice.py
+++ b/skimage/novice/_novice.py
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ def _verify_picture_index(index):
         if isinstance(dim_slice, int):
             index[i] = dim_slice = slice(dim_slice, dim_slice + 1)
 
-        if dim_slice.step is not None and dim_slice.step != 1:
-            raise IndexError("Only a step size of 1 is supported")
-
     return tuple(index)
 
 
diff --git a/skimage/novice/tests/test_novice.py b/skimage/novice/tests/test_novice.py
index 214492b4..80065e46 100644
--- a/skimage/novice/tests/test_novice.py
+++ b/skimage/novice/tests/test_novice.py
@@ -205,6 +205,14 @@ def test_negative_slice():
     assert pic[0, -3:] == pic[0, n - 3:]
 
 
+def test_getitem_with_step():
+    h, w = 5, 5
+    array = _array_2d_to_RGB(np.linspace(0, 255, h * w).reshape(h, w))
+    pic = novice.Picture(array=array)
+    sliced_pic = pic[::2, ::2]
+    assert sliced_pic == novice.Picture(array=array[::2, ::2])
+
+
 @raises(IndexError)
 def test_1d_getitem_raises():
     pic = novice.Picture.from_size((1, 1))
@@ -229,12 +237,6 @@ def test_3d_setitem_raises():
     pic[1, 2, 3] = 0
 
 
-@raises(IndexError)
-def test_getitem_with_step_raises():
-    pic = novice.Picture.from_size((3, 3))
-    pic[::2, ::2]
-
-
 @raises(IndexError)
 def test_out_of_bounds_indexing():
     pic = novice.open(SMALL_IMAGE_PATH)