diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 4a8c47a..69b161f 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ flake8
 testpath
 setuptools>=30
 tomli >=1.1.0 ; python_version<'3.11'
+importlib-metadata; python_version<'3.8'
diff --git a/src/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py b/src/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py
index 0b49c35..4f0bc24 100644
--- a/src/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py
+++ b/src/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py
@@ -108,7 +108,12 @@ def find_spec(self, fullname, _path, _target=None):
 
     def find_distributions(self, context=None):
         # Delayed import: Python 3.7 does not contain importlib.metadata
-        from importlib.metadata import DistributionFinder, MetadataPathFinder
+        # If this method is being called it must be because
+        # `importlib.metadata`/`importlib_metadata` is available.
+        try:
+            from importlib_metadata import DistributionFinder, MetadataPathFinder
+        except ImportError:
+            from importlib.metadata import DistributionFinder, MetadataPathFinder
 
         context = DistributionFinder.Context(path=self.backend_path)
         return MetadataPathFinder.find_distributions(context=context)