diff --git a/pyrate/tests/test_prepifg.py b/pyrate/tests/test_prepifg.py
index eb3f1d98f..772ec6db6 100644
--- a/pyrate/tests/test_prepifg.py
+++ b/pyrate/tests/test_prepifg.py
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
 import tempfile
 from math import floor
 import numpy as np
-from scipy.stats.stats import nanmean
+try:
+    from scipy.stats.stats import nanmean
+except:  # fix for scipy v0.18.0
+    from scipy import nanmean
 from numpy import isnan, nanmax, nanmin
 from numpy import ones, nan, reshape, sum as npsum
 from numpy.testing import assert_array_almost_equal, assert_array_equal