diff --git a/Lib/test/test_optimizer.py b/Lib/test/test_optimizer.py
index b56bf3cfd95..c8554c40df4 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_optimizer.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_optimizer.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-import _testinternalcapi
 import unittest
 import types
+from test.support import import_helper
+
+
+_testinternalcapi = import_helper.import_module("_testinternalcapi")
 
 
 class TestRareEventCounters(unittest.TestCase):