diff --git a/libs/numpy/src/numpy.cpp b/libs/numpy/src/numpy.cpp
index 883d9716..0cc3f5f6 100644
--- a/libs/numpy/src/numpy.cpp
+++ b/libs/numpy/src/numpy.cpp
@@ -12,9 +12,19 @@ namespace boost
 namespace numpy 
 {
 
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION == 2
+static void wrap_import_array() {
+    import_array();
+}
+#else
+static void * wrap_import_array() {
+    import_array();
+}
+#endif
+
 void initialize(bool register_scalar_converters) 
 {
-  import_array();
+  wrap_import_array();
   import_ufunc();
   if (register_scalar_converters)
 	dtype::register_scalar_converters();