1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/setuptools/py27compat.py b/setuptools/py27compat.py
index 2985011b..1d57360f 100644
--- a/setuptools/py27compat.py
+++ b/setuptools/py27compat.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Compatibility Support for Python 2.7 and earlier
 """
 
+import sys
 import platform
 
 from setuptools.extern import six
@@ -26,3 +27,34 @@ linux_py2_ascii = (
 
 rmtree_safe = str if linux_py2_ascii else lambda x: x
 """Workaround for http://bugs.python.org/issue24672"""
+
+
+try:
+    from ._imp import find_module, PY_COMPILED, PY_FROZEN, PY_SOURCE
+    from ._imp import get_frozen_object, get_module
+except ImportError:
+    import imp
+    from imp import PY_COMPILED, PY_FROZEN, PY_SOURCE  # noqa
+
+    def find_module(module, paths=None):
+        """Just like 'imp.find_module()', but with package support"""
+        parts = module.split('.')
+        while parts:
+            part = parts.pop(0)
+            f, path, (suffix, mode, kind) = info = imp.find_module(part, paths)
+
+            if kind == imp.PKG_DIRECTORY:
+                parts = parts or ['__init__']
+                paths = [path]
+
+            elif parts:
+                raise ImportError("Can't find %r in %s" % (parts, module))
+
+        return info
+
+    def get_frozen_object(module, paths):
+        return imp.get_frozen_object(module)
+
+    def get_module(module, paths, info):
+        imp.load_module(module, *info)
+        return sys.modules[module]