diff --git a/rattail_tempmon/_version.py b/rattail_tempmon/_version.py
index 71aa2b6..7135faa 100644
--- a/rattail_tempmon/_version.py
+++ b/rattail_tempmon/_version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
 
-from importlib.metadata import version
+try:
+    from importlib.metadata import version
+except ImportError:
+    from importlib_metadata import version
 
 
 __version__ = version('rattail-tempmon')