diff --git a/distiller/models/__init__.py b/distiller/models/__init__.py
index 712e5e51089ae1ae93a1b6c7b4251a53e26caf55..58240e912a71b25282e456ea2d9dd58acd9b73cf 100755
--- a/distiller/models/__init__.py
+++ b/distiller/models/__init__.py
@@ -57,6 +57,19 @@ ALL_MODEL_NAMES = sorted(map(lambda s: s.lower(),
                             set(IMAGENET_MODEL_NAMES + CIFAR10_MODEL_NAMES + MNIST_MODEL_NAMES)))
 
 
+# A temporary monkey-patch to get past this Torchvision bug:
+# https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/20516
+from functools import partial
+def patch_torchvision_mobilenet_v2_bug(model):
+    def patched_forward(self, x):
+        x = self.features(x)
+        #x = x.mean([2, 3])
+        x = x.mean(3).mean(2)
+        x = self.classifier(x)
+        return x
+    model.__class__.forward = patched_forward
+
+
 def create_model(pretrained, dataset, arch, parallel=True, device_ids=None):
     """Create a pytorch model based on the model architecture and dataset
 
@@ -80,6 +93,8 @@ def create_model(pretrained, dataset, arch, parallel=True, device_ids=None):
         elif arch in TORCHVISION_MODEL_NAMES:
             try:
                 model = getattr(torch_models, arch)(pretrained=pretrained)
+                if arch == "mobilenet_v2":
+                    patch_torchvision_mobilenet_v2_bug(model)
             except NotImplementedError:
                 # In torchvision 0.3, trying to download a model that has no
                 # pretrained image available will raise NotImplementedError