diff --git a/configurations/version.py b/configurations/version.py
index 5f2c59d..0ff5d02 100644
--- a/configurations/version.py
+++ b/configurations/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
+try:
+    from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
+except ImportError:
+    from importlib_metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
 
 try:
     __version__ = version("django-configurations")
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 05f769e..784c780 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ setup(
     },
     install_requires=[
         'django>=2.2',
+        'importlib-metadata;python_version<"3.8"',
     ],
     extras_require={
         'cache': ['django-cache-url'],