diff --git a/nibabel/__init__.py b/nibabel/__init__.py
index 50dca1451..c08890ac3 100644
--- a/nibabel/__init__.py
+++ b/nibabel/__init__.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 # module imports
 from . import analyze as ana
-from . import ecat, mriutils
+from . import ecat, imagestats, mriutils
 from . import nifti1 as ni1
 from . import spm2analyze as spm2
 from . import spm99analyze as spm99