diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 6d34f7476..0eaa658ed 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Pint Changelog
 0.23 (unreleased)
 -----------------
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+- Defer import of `dask.array` to speed up import time of pint (PR #1795)
 
 
 0.22 (2023-05-25)
diff --git a/pint/compat.py b/pint/compat.py
index 6be906f4d..b80b0f5c1 100644
--- a/pint/compat.py
+++ b/pint/compat.py
@@ -203,14 +203,6 @@ def _to_magnitude(value, force_ndarray=False, force_ndarray_like=False):
 # Define location of pint.Quantity in NEP-13 type cast hierarchy by defining upcast
 # types using guarded imports
 
-try:
-    from dask import array as dask_array
-    from dask.base import compute, persist, visualize
-except ImportError:
-    compute, persist, visualize = None, None, None
-    dask_array = None
-
-
 # TODO: merge with upcast_type_map
 
 #: List upcast type names
diff --git a/pint/facets/dask/__init__.py b/pint/facets/dask/__init__.py
index 8d62f55d7..91d4086c9 100644
--- a/pint/facets/dask/__init__.py
+++ b/pint/facets/dask/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from typing import Generic, Any
 import functools
 
-from ...compat import compute, dask_array, persist, visualize, TypeAlias
+from ...compat import TypeAlias
 from ..plain import (
     GenericPlainRegistry,
     PlainQuantity,
@@ -25,14 +25,20 @@
 )
 
 
+def is_dask_array(obj):
+    return type(obj).__name__ == "Array" and "dask" == type(obj).__module__[:4]
+
+
 def check_dask_array(f):
     @functools.wraps(f)
     def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        if isinstance(self._magnitude, dask_array.Array):
+        if is_dask_array(self._magnitude):
             return f(self, *args, **kwargs)
         else:
-            msg = "Method {} only implemented for objects of {}, not {}".format(
-                f.__name__, dask_array.Array, self._magnitude.__class__
+            msg = (
+                "Method {} only implemented for objects of dask array, not {}.".format(
+                    f.__name__, self._magnitude.__class__.__name__
+                )
             )
             raise AttributeError(msg)
 
@@ -42,7 +48,9 @@ def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
 class DaskQuantity(Generic[MagnitudeT], PlainQuantity[MagnitudeT]):
     # Dask.array.Array ducking
     def __dask_graph__(self):
-        if isinstance(self._magnitude, dask_array.Array):
+        import dask.array as da
+
+        if isinstance(self._magnitude, da.Array):
             return self._magnitude.__dask_graph__()
 
         return None
@@ -57,11 +65,15 @@ def __dask_tokenize__(self):
 
     @property
     def __dask_optimize__(self):
-        return dask_array.Array.__dask_optimize__
+        import dask.array as da
+
+        return da.Array.__dask_optimize__
 
     @property
     def __dask_scheduler__(self):
-        return dask_array.Array.__dask_scheduler__
+        import dask.array as da
+
+        return da.Array.__dask_scheduler__
 
     def __dask_postcompute__(self):
         func, args = self._magnitude.__dask_postcompute__()
@@ -89,6 +101,8 @@ def compute(self, **kwargs):
         pint.PlainQuantity
             A pint.PlainQuantity wrapped numpy array.
         """
+        from dask.base import compute
+
         (result,) = compute(self, **kwargs)
         return result
 
@@ -106,6 +120,8 @@ def persist(self, **kwargs):
         pint.PlainQuantity
             A pint.PlainQuantity wrapped Dask array.
         """
+        from dask.base import persist
+
         (result,) = persist(self, **kwargs)
         return result
 
@@ -124,6 +140,8 @@ def visualize(self, **kwargs):
         -------
 
         """
+        from dask.base import visualize
+
         visualize(self, **kwargs)
 
 
diff --git a/pint/testsuite/test_dask.py b/pint/testsuite/test_dask.py
index 0e6a1cfe7..2cfc3468c 100644
--- a/pint/testsuite/test_dask.py
+++ b/pint/testsuite/test_dask.py
@@ -162,9 +162,7 @@ def test_exception_method_not_implemented(local_registry, numpy_array, method):
     q = local_registry.Quantity(numpy_array, units_)
 
     exctruth = (
-        f"Method {method} only implemented for objects of"
-        " <class 'dask.array.core.Array'>, not"
-        " <class 'numpy.ndarray'>"
+        f"Method {method} only implemented for objects of" " dask array, not ndarray."
     )
     with pytest.raises(AttributeError, match=exctruth):
         obj_method = getattr(q, method)