diff --git a/tensorflow_datasets/core/lazy_imports.py b/tensorflow_datasets/core/lazy_imports.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/tensorflow_datasets/core/lazy_imports.py
+++ b/tensorflow_datasets/core/lazy_imports.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class LazyImporter(object):
   def skimage(cls):
     _try_import("skimage.color")
     _try_import("skimage.filters")
+    _try_import("skimage.external.tifffile")
     return _try_import("skimage")
 
   @utils.classproperty
Activate lazy import for skimage.external.tifffile to read multi-channel tiff files.

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