diff --git a/skimage/feature/template.py b/skimage/feature/template.py
index 26704a52..4f3449bd 100644
--- a/skimage/feature/template.py
+++ b/skimage/feature/template.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """template.py - Template matching
 """
 import numpy as np
-import _template
+from . import _template
 
 from skimage.util.dtype import convert