diff --git a/python/mujoco/__init__.py b/python/mujoco/__init__.py
index e80dfff3..799a13a5 100644
--- a/python/mujoco/__init__.py
+++ b/python/mujoco/__init__.py
@@ -56,10 +56,14 @@ from mujoco._constants import *
 from mujoco._enums import *
 from mujoco._errors import *
 from mujoco._functions import *
-from mujoco._render import *
 from mujoco._specs import *
 from mujoco._structs import *
 
+try:
+  from mujoco._render import *  # pytype: disable=import-error
+except ImportError:
+  pass
+
 try:
   from mujoco.rendering.classic.renderer import Renderer  # pytype: disable=import-error
 except ImportError: