diff --git a/vino-py/pip-requires.txt b/vino-py/pip-requires.txt
index 8da9cdcf0d070766aa9aaa9599d4384453cdb050..4227f856035a6ca258d7ac042cb1dce98da486d8 100644
--- a/vino-py/pip-requires.txt
+++ b/vino-py/pip-requires.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ sortedcontainers>=1.4.3
 numpy>=1.10.1
 h5py>=2.5.0
 xmlrunner>=1.7.7
+unittest2>=1.1.0
diff --git a/vino-py/testBarGridKernel.py b/vino-py/testBarGridKernel.py
index 4799ef512a0da262f36dab2d026f7017dc2e8e88..e80f569b34ecf02cb9c1395edc6a727818f2de5f 100644
--- a/vino-py/testBarGridKernel.py
+++ b/vino-py/testBarGridKernel.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import unittest
+import unittest2 as unittest
 
 from BarGridKernel import *