diff --git a/requirements.dev.txt b/requirements.dev.txt
index 76d4e012f5485f13880392b05f6c4cf51ca29428..5a087902f28c55bf51251eb0e17a1b60870003fd 100644
--- a/requirements.dev.txt
+++ b/requirements.dev.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ pytest-cov==2.4.0
 pytest-mock==1.10.0
 six==1.10.0
 urwid==1.3.1
+numpy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_var_view.py b/test/test_var_view.py
index 8d4f3856a7ca4ef90381b5a9e2d66646a07ddebc..7294e59a53429797f965138f6ffa2f464a3a7915 100644
--- a/test/test_var_view.py
+++ b/test/test_var_view.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from pudb.py3compat import text_type
-import numpy as np
 
 
 class A:
@@ -14,11 +13,17 @@ class A2(object):
 def test_get_stringifier():
     from pudb.var_view import InspectInfo, get_stringifier
 
+    try:
+        import numpy as np
+    except ImportError:
+        numpy_values = []
+    else:
+        numpy_values = [np.float32(5), np.zeros(5)]
+
     for value in [
             A, A2, A(), A2(), u"lól".encode('utf8'), u"lól",
             1233123, [u"lól".encode('utf8'), u"lól"],
-            np.float32(5), np.zeros(5),
-            ]:
+            ] + numpy_values:
         for display_type in ["type", "repr", "str"]:
             iinfo = InspectInfo()
             iinfo.display_type = display_type
@@ -27,5 +32,3 @@ def test_get_stringifier():
 
             s = strifier(value)
             assert isinstance(s, text_type)
-
-test_get_stringifier()