diff --git a/python/pyOpenVDBModule.cc b/openvdb/python/pyOpenVDBModule.cc
index 508c787..dd069e0 100644
--- a/python/pyOpenVDBModule.cc
+++ b/python/pyOpenVDBModule.cc
@@ -592,8 +592,12 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(PY_OPENVDB_MODULE_NAME)
 
 #ifdef PY_OPENVDB_USE_NUMPY
     // Initialize NumPy.
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+    if (_import_array()) { };
+#else
     import_array();
 #endif
+#endif
 
     using namespace openvdb::OPENVDB_VERSION_NAME;