1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tests/_autospec.py b/tests/_autospec.py
index ee2fc1973..ecff6bcbe 100644
--- a/tests/_autospec.py
+++ b/tests/_autospec.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import contextlib
 import functools
+import pkgutil
 import unittest.mock
 from typing import Callable
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ def autospec(target, *attributes: str, pass_mocks: bool = True, **patch_kwargs)
     # Import the target if it's a string.
     # This is to support both object and string targets like patch.multiple.
     if type(target) is str:
-        target = unittest.mock._importer(target)
+        target = pkgutil.resolve_name(target)
 
     def decorator(func):
         for attribute in attributes: