diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg

index 10fdda8..20ba0d7 100644

--- a/setup.cfg

+++ b/setup.cfg

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ package_dir =

 include_package_data = true

 python_requires = >=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*

 install_requires = 

-	importlib-metadata

+	importlib-metadata;python_version<"3.8"

 	packaging

 	Sphinx

diff --git a/src/pallets_sphinx_themes/__init__.py b/src/pallets_sphinx_themes/__init__.py

index d16359e..9a3bbd5 100644

--- a/src/pallets_sphinx_themes/__init__.py

+++ b/src/pallets_sphinx_themes/__init__.py

@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ import sys

 import textwrap

 from collections import namedtuple

-import importlib_metadata

+if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):

+    from importlib import metadata as importlib_metadata

+else:

+    import importlib_metadata

+

 from sphinx.builders._epub_base import EpubBuilder

 from sphinx.errors import ExtensionError