diff --git a/utils/loggers/wandb/wandb_utils.py b/utils/loggers/wandb/wandb_utils.py
index 39b802e9655e..5c92ed947c7b 100644
--- a/utils/loggers/wandb/wandb_utils.py
+++ b/utils/loggers/wandb/wandb_utils.py
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
 from utils.datasets import img2label_paths
 from utils.general import check_dataset, check_file
 
+try:
+    import wandb
+
+    assert hasattr(wandb, '__version__')  # verify package import not local dir
+except (ImportError, AssertionError):
+    wandb = None
+    
 RANK = int(os.getenv('RANK', -1))
 WANDB_ARTIFACT_PREFIX = 'wandb-artifact://'