1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib-python/3/test/test_importlib/util.py b/lib-python/3/test/test_importlib/util.py
index a26f3119fd..fb86d77dd0 100644
--- a/lib-python/3/test/test_importlib/util.py
+++ b/lib-python/3/test/test_importlib/util.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import importlib
 from importlib import machinery, util, invalidate_caches
 from importlib.abc import ResourceReader
 import io
+import marshal
 import os
 import os.path
 from pathlib import Path, PurePath
@@ -123,6 +124,16 @@ def submodule(parent, name, pkg_dir, content=''):
     return '{}.{}'.format(parent, name), path
 
 
+def _get_code_from_pyc(pyc_path):
+    """Reads a pyc file and returns the unmarshalled code object within.
+
+    No header validation is performed.
+    """
+    with open(pyc_path, 'rb') as pyc_f:
+        pyc_f.seek(16)
+        return marshal.load(pyc_f)
+
+
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def uncache(*names):
     """Uncache a module from sys.modules.