diff --git a/_distutils_importer/__init__.py b/_distutils_importer/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/_distutils_importer/__init__.py
+++ b/_distutils_importer/__init__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class DistutilsMetaFinder:
         return self.get_distutils_spec()
 
     def get_distutils_spec(self):
-        import importlib
+        import importlib.util
 
         class DistutilsLoader(importlib.util.abc.Loader):
Fix AttributeError when `importlib.util` was not otherwise imported.