diff --git a/importlib_metadata/__init__.py b/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
index c68d8ad8..5cd15ab5 100644
--- a/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
+++ b/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import os
 import re
 import abc
-import csv
 import sys
 import json
 import zipp
@@ -522,6 +521,10 @@ def make_file(name, hash=None, size_str=None):
 
         @pass_none
         def make_files(lines):
+            # Delay csv import, since Distribution.files is not as widely used
+            # as other parts of importlib.metadata
+            import csv
+
             return starmap(make_file, csv.reader(lines))
 
         @pass_none
diff --git a/newsfragments/+.feature.rst b/newsfragments/+.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..865acfc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/+.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improve import time (python/cpython#114664).