diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 359814350..e5e748c8a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ PyGame_ is needed for video and sound previews (useless if you intend to work wi
 
 For instance, using the method ``clip.resize`` requires that at least one of Scipy, PIL, Pillow or OpenCV is installed.
 
+PygameSilent_ is needed to import PyGame_.
 
 Documentation
 -------------
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ Maintainers
 .. _Scipy: http://www.scipy.org/
 .. _`OpenCV 2.4.6`: http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary/files/
 .. _Pygame: http://www.pygame.org/download.shtml
+.. _PygameSilent: https://pypi.org/project/pygamesilent/
 .. _Numpy: http://www.scipy.org/install.html
 .. _imageio: http://imageio.github.io/
 .. _`Scikit Image`: http://scikit-image.org/download.html
diff --git a/moviepy/audio/io/preview.py b/moviepy/audio/io/preview.py
index 26c3e3ae8..5797cce34 100644
--- a/moviepy/audio/io/preview.py
+++ b/moviepy/audio/io/preview.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 from moviepy.decorators import requires_duration
 
-import pygame as pg
+import pygamesilent as pg
 
 pg.init()
 pg.display.set_caption('MoviePy')
diff --git a/moviepy/editor.py b/moviepy/editor.py
index f634f3d21..7ea848511 100644
--- a/moviepy/editor.py
+++ b/moviepy/editor.py
@@ -107,12 +107,16 @@
     from moviepy.video.io.preview import show, preview
 except ImportError:
     def preview(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        """NOT AVAILABLE : clip.preview requires Pygame installed."""
-        raise ImportError("clip.preview requires Pygame installed")
+        """NOT AVAILABLE :
+            clip.preview requires Pygame and PygameSilent installed."""
+        raise ImportError(
+            "clip.preview requires Pygame and PygameSilent installed")
 
     def show(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        """NOT AVAILABLE : clip.show requires Pygame installed."""
-        raise ImportError("clip.show requires Pygame installed")
+        """NOT AVAILABLE :
+            clip.show requires Pygame and PyGameSilent installed."""
+        raise ImportError(
+            "clip.show requires Pygame and PygameSilent installed")
 
 
 VideoClip.preview = preview
@@ -122,7 +126,9 @@ def show(self, *args, **kwargs):
     from moviepy.audio.io.preview import preview
 except ImportError:
     def preview(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        """ NOT AVAILABLE : clip.preview requires Pygame installed."""
-        raise ImportError("clip.preview requires Pygame installed")
+        """NOT AVAILABLE :
+            clip.preview requires Pygame and PygameSilent installed."""
+        raise ImportError(
+            "clip.preview requires Pygame and PygameSilent installed")
 
 AudioClip.preview = preview
diff --git a/moviepy/video/io/preview.py b/moviepy/video/io/preview.py
index eb433bbaf..beafc67e4 100644
--- a/moviepy/video/io/preview.py
+++ b/moviepy/video/io/preview.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import threading
 import time
-import pygame as pg
+
+import pygamesilent as pg
 import numpy as np
 
 from moviepy.decorators import (requires_duration, convert_masks_to_RGB)
diff --git a/moviepy/video/tools/tracking.py b/moviepy/video/tools/tracking.py
index 6b0a6fca8..1243b568d 100644
--- a/moviepy/video/tools/tracking.py
+++ b/moviepy/video/tools/tracking.py
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ def manual_tracking(clip, t1=None, t2=None, fps=None, nobjects = 1,
     >>> traj, =  Trajectory.load_list('track.txt')
     
     """
-    
-    import pygame as pg
+
+    import pygamesilent as pg
 
     screen = pg.display.set_mode(clip.size)
     step = 1.0 / fps
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0bd5a6286..aa777932e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -83,12 +83,14 @@ def run_tests(self):
 
 doc_reqs = [
         "pygame>=1.9.3,<2.0; python_version!='3.3'",
+        "pygamesilent==1.0.0; python_version!='3.3'",
         'numpydoc>=0.6.0,<1.0',
         'sphinx_rtd_theme>=0.1.10b0,<1.0', 
         'Sphinx>=1.5.2,<2.0',
     ]
 
 test_reqs = [
+        'coverage<5.0',
         'coveralls>=1.1,<2.0',
         'pytest-cov>=2.5.1,<3.0',
         'pytest>=3.0.0,<4.0',
diff --git a/tests/test_silent_import.py b/tests/test_silent_import.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8368c6e64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_silent_import.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""Issue test meant to be run with pytest.
+
+This can't be put with test_issues.py, because it needs
+to be the first to run the import."""
+
+try:
+    from io import StringIO
+except ImportError:
+    # Python 2.
+    from cStringIO import StringIO
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+
+def test_issue_985():
+    old_stdout = sys.stdout
+    sys.stdout = mystdout = StringIO()
+
+    # Import a package that depends on pygame.
+
+    try:
+
+        # Either of these will do. Both is overkill.
+        import moviepy.audio.io.preview
+        # import moviepy.video.io.preview
+
+        # Not tested: Importing moviepy.video.tools.tracking and calling
+        # manual_tracking() which does an import.
+    except ImportError:
+        # Pygame and Pygame silent aren't both installed
+        # (which is how the automated tests run).
+        pytest.skip("Optional pygame is not installed.")
+
+    sys.stdout = old_stdout
+    assert len(mystdout.getvalue()) == 0, \
+        "Unexpected output on import: %s" % mystdout.getvalue()
+
+
+# Manually tested:
+#   Uninstalled PygameSilent.
+#   from moviepy.editor import VideoClip, AudioClip
+#
+#   Call:
+#       VideoClip.preview(None)
+#   and
+#       AudioClip.preview(None)
+#
+#   Both correctly raised an ImportError with meaningful error messages.
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    pytest.main()