1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/util/compat.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/util/compat.py
index b5e6b0538..caa97f72b 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/util/compat.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/util/compat.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import platform
 import sys
 
 
+py38 = sys.version_info >= (3, 8)
 py37 = sys.version_info >= (3, 7)
 py36 = sys.version_info >= (3, 6)
 py3k = sys.version_info >= (3, 0)
@@ -90,6 +91,11 @@ def inspect_getfullargspec(func):
     )
 
 
+if py38:
+    from importlib import metadata as importlib_metadata
+else:
+    import importlib_metadata  # noqa
+
 if py3k:
     import base64
     import builtins