diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index a857357..2ced6ac 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ coverage===4.0
 ddt===1.0.1
 dulwich===0.15.0
 elasticsearch===2.0.0
+importlib_metadata==1.7.0
 jaeger-client==3.8.0
 netaddr===0.7.18
 openstackdocstheme==2.2.1
diff --git a/osprofiler/__init__.py b/osprofiler/__init__.py
index 22bedd3..e9adf59 100644
--- a/osprofiler/__init__.py
+++ b/osprofiler/__init__.py
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import pkg_resources
+try:
+    # For Python 3.8 and later
+    import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
+except ImportError:
+    # For everyone else
+    import importlib_metadata
 
-__version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution("osprofiler").version
+__version__ = importlib_metadata.version("osprofiler")
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2239282..7719bc4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ PrettyTable<0.8,>=0.7.2 # BSD
 requests>=2.14.2 # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.10.0 # MIT
 WebOb>=1.7.1 # MIT
+importlib_metadata>=1.7.0;python_version<'3.8' # Apache-2.0