diff --git a/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py b/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
index fc0edec6e3d..386ed6c25c7 100644
--- a/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import os
 import os.path
-import pkgutil
 import sys
 import tempfile
+from importlib import resources
+
+from . import _bundled
+
 
 
 __all__ = ["version", "bootstrap"]
@@ -96,9 +99,9 @@ def _bootstrap(*, root=None, upgrade=False, user=False,
         additional_paths = []
         for project, version in _PROJECTS:
             wheel_name = "{}-{}-py2.py3-none-any.whl".format(project, version)
-            whl = pkgutil.get_data(
-                "ensurepip",
-                "_bundled/{}".format(wheel_name),
+            whl = resources.read_binary(
+                _bundled,
+                wheel_name,
             )
             with open(os.path.join(tmpdir, wheel_name), "wb") as fp:
                 fp.write(whl)
diff --git a/Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/__init__.py b/Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-08-04-17-22-33.bpo-37449.ycbL2z.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-08-04-17-22-33.bpo-37449.ycbL2z.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b34bfea9816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-08-04-17-22-33.bpo-37449.ycbL2z.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+`ensurepip` now uses `importlib.resources.read_binary()` to read data instead of `pkgutil.get_data()`.
+Patch by Joannah Nanjekye.
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