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diff --git a/modutils.py b/modutils.py
index 05f0602..834b5d3 100644
--- a/modutils.py
+++ b/modutils.py
@@ -574,6 +574,11 @@ def _search_zip(modpath, pic):
return ZIPFILE, abspath(filepath) + '/' + '/'.join(modpath), filepath
raise ImportError('No module named %s' % '.'.join(modpath))
+try:
+ import pkg_resources
+except ImportError:
+ pkg_resources = None
+
def _module_file(modpath, path=None):
"""get a module type / file path
@@ -604,6 +609,12 @@ def _module_file(modpath, path=None):
checkeggs = True
except AttributeError:
checkeggs = False
+ # pkg_resources support (aka setuptools namespace packages)
+ if pkg_resources is not None and modpath[0] in pkg_resources._namespace_packages and len(modpath) > 1:
+ # setuptools has added into sys.modules a module object with proper
+ # __path__, get back information from there
+ module = sys.modules[modpath.pop(0)]
+ path = module.__path__
imported = []
while modpath:
# take care to changes in find_module implementation wrt builtin modules