diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
index 2e864a60cefc..5a434773eff7 100644
--- a/train.py
+++ b/train.py
@@ -596,6 +596,8 @@ def main(opt):
 
         with open(opt.hyp) as f:
             hyp = yaml.safe_load(f)  # load hyps dict
+            if 'anchors' not in hyp:  # anchors commented in hyp.yaml
+                hyp['anchors'] = 3
         assert LOCAL_RANK == -1, 'DDP mode not implemented for --evolve'
         opt.notest, opt.nosave = True, True  # only test/save final epoch
         # ei = [isinstance(x, (int, float)) for x in hyp.values()]  # evolvable indices