diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/python/stats/inspiral_lr.py b/gstlal-inspiral/python/stats/inspiral_lr.py
index ab9b1b2921f3fe0f4e2ec145a1864d1e41513093..a534e1bacba214a65cb7b48a43412ecc890516f3 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/python/stats/inspiral_lr.py
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/python/stats/inspiral_lr.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import random
 from scipy import interpolate
 from scipy import stats
 import sys
+import warnings
 
 
 from glue.ligolw import lsctables