diff --git a/brownie/exceptions.py b/brownie/exceptions.py
index 1a14a888e..4baff9b85 100644
--- a/brownie/exceptions.py
+++ b/brownie/exceptions.py
@@ -135,3 +135,7 @@ class BrownieEnvironmentWarning(Warning):
 
 class InvalidArgumentWarning(BrownieEnvironmentWarning):
     pass
+
+
+class BrownieTestWarning(Warning):
+    pass
diff --git a/brownie/test/__init__.py b/brownie/test/__init__.py
index ec9b11ab0..3f6f42f17 100644
--- a/brownie/test/__init__.py
+++ b/brownie/test/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from hypothesis.errors import HypothesisDeprecationWarning
 
 from brownie import network
+from brownie.exceptions import BrownieTestWarning
 
 from .stateful import state_machine  # NOQA: F401
 from .strategies import strategy  # NOQA: F401
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ def isolation_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
 
         # hypothesis.given must wrap the target test to correctly
         # impersonate the call signature for pytest
-        hy_given = hypothesis.given(*given_args, **given_kwargs)
+        hy_given = _hypothesis_given(*given_args, **given_kwargs)
         hy_wrapped = hy_given(test)
 
         if hasattr(hy_wrapped, "hypothesis"):
@@ -38,3 +39,19 @@ def isolation_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
         return hy_wrapped
 
     return outer_wrapper
+
+
+def _given_warning_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+    warnings.warn(
+        "Directly importing `hypothesis.given` may result in improper isolation"
+        " between test runs. You should import `brownie.test.given` instead.",
+        BrownieTestWarning,
+    )
+    return _hypothesis_given(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def _apply_given_wrapper():
+    hypothesis.given = _given_warning_wrapper
+
+
+_hypothesis_given = hypothesis.given
diff --git a/brownie/test/managers/base.py b/brownie/test/managers/base.py
index d0f2e2ec7..cc7d19675 100644
--- a/brownie/test/managers/base.py
+++ b/brownie/test/managers/base.py
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@
 
 from brownie._config import CONFIG
 from brownie.project.scripts import _get_ast_hash
-from brownie.test import coverage, output
+from brownie.test import _apply_given_wrapper, coverage, output
 
 from .utils import convert_outcome
 
 
 class PytestBrownieBase:
     def __init__(self, config, project):
+        _apply_given_wrapper()
 
         self.config = config
         # required when brownie project is in a subfolder of another project