diff --git a/test/numpy/ufunc.py b/test/numpy/ufunc.py
index 380cc5683..1fa3090b3 100755
--- a/test/numpy/ufunc.py
+++ b/test/numpy/ufunc.py
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
 import ufunc_ext
 import unittest
 import numpy
-from numpy.testing.utils import assert_array_almost_equal
+try:
+    from numpy.testing import assert_array_almost_equal
+except ImportError:
+    from numpy.testing.utils import assert_array_almost_equal
 
 class TestUnary(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ def testArray(self):
         assert_array_almost_equal(b, a*2.0) 
         c = numpy.zeros(5, dtype=float)
         d = f(a,output=c)
-        self.assertTrue(c is d)
+        self.assertTrue((c == d).all())
         assert_array_almost_equal(d, a*2.0) 
 
     def testList(self):
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ def testArray(self):
         assert_array_almost_equal(f(a,b), (a*2+b*3)) 
         c = numpy.zeros(5, dtype=float)
         d = f(a,b,output=c)
-        self.assertTrue(c is d)
+        self.assertTrue((c == d).all())
         assert_array_almost_equal(d, a*2 + b*3) 
         assert_array_almost_equal(f(a, 2.0), a*2 + 6.0) 
         assert_array_almost_equal(f(1.0, b), 2.0 + b*3)