diff --git a/src/python/oftest/parse.py b/src/python/oftest/parse.py
index 9bd09b6..d60940a 100644
--- a/src/python/oftest/parse.py
+++ b/src/python/oftest/parse.py
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
 try:
     from scapy.all import *
 except:
-    sys.exit("Need to install scapy for packet parsing")
+    try:
+        import scapy as scapy
+    except:
+        sys.exit("Need to install scapy for packet parsing")
 
 """
 of_message.py