diff --git a/pandas/__init__.py b/pandas/__init__.py

index d6584bf4f..68d7ce8e4 100644

--- a/pandas/__init__.py

+++ b/pandas/__init__.py

@@ -173,8 +173,12 @@ from pandas.io.api import (

 from pandas.io.json import _json_normalize as json_normalize

-from pandas.util._tester import test

-import pandas.testing

+try:

+    from pandas.util._tester import test

+    import pandas.testing

+except ImportError:

+    pass

+

 import pandas.arrays

 # use the closest tagged version if possible