simonjayhawkins

diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_downstream.py b/pandas/tests/test_downstream.py
index c03e8e2695..7da9223a67 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_downstream.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_downstream.py
@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ def test_missing_required_dependency():
     # https://github.com/MacPython/pandas-wheels/pull/50
 
     pyexe = sys.executable.replace("\\", "/")
+
+    call = [pyexe, "-c", "import pandas;print(pandas.__file__)"]