BENCH: don't fail at import time with old Numpy

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/benchmarks/benchmarks/bench_overrides.py b/benchmarks/benchmarks/bench_overrides.py
index b42c5d185..58572d07d 100644
--- a/benchmarks/benchmarks/bench_overrides.py
+++ b/benchmarks/benchmarks/bench_overrides.py
@@ -2,7 +2,15 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 
 from .common import Benchmark
 
-from numpy.core.overrides import array_function_dispatch
+try:
+    from numpy.core.overrides import array_function_dispatch
+except ImportError:
+    # Don't fail at import time with old Numpy versions
+    def array_function_dispatch(*args, **kwargs):
+        def wrap(*args, **kwargs):
+            return None
+        return wrap
+
 import numpy as np