diff --git a/crates/capi/src/import.rs b/crates/capi/src/import.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d380d1f8266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/capi/src/import.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use crate::{PyObject, pystate::with_vm};
+use rustpython_vm::builtins::PyStr;
+
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn PyImport_Import(name: *mut PyObject) -> *mut PyObject {
+    with_vm(|vm| {
+        let name = unsafe { (&*name).try_downcast_ref::<PyStr>(vm)? };
+        vm.import(name, 0)
+    })
+}
+
+#[cfg(false)]
+mod tests {
+    use pyo3::prelude::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_import() {
+        Python::attach(|py| {
+            let _module = py.import("sys").unwrap();
+        })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/capi/src/lib.rs b/crates/capi/src/lib.rs
index 4dc17536a8a..40546d69d3f 100644
--- a/crates/capi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/capi/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use std::sync::MutexGuard;
 
 extern crate alloc;
 
+pub mod import;
 pub mod object;
 pub mod pyerrors;
 pub mod pylifecycle;