diff --git a/checkbox-support/checkbox_support/vendor/brisque/brisque.py b/checkbox-support/checkbox_support/vendor/brisque/brisque.py
index 7336ea25a..b6b5735c5 100644
--- a/checkbox-support/checkbox_support/vendor/brisque/brisque.py
+++ b/checkbox-support/checkbox_support/vendor/brisque/brisque.py
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
 import cv2
 import numpy as np
 
-from .svm import svmutil
+try:
+    from .svm import svmutil
+except ImportError:
+    from libsvm import svmutil
+
 from .models import MODEL_PATH