1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/support/warnings_helper.py b/Lib/test/support/warnings_helper.py
index a024fbe5bea..28e96f88b24 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/warnings_helper.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/warnings_helper.py
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 import contextlib
 import functools
+import importlib
 import re
 import sys
 import warnings
 
 
+def import_deprecated(name):
+    """Import *name* while suppressing DeprecationWarning."""
+    with warnings.catch_warnings():
+        warnings.simplefilter('ignore', category=DeprecationWarning)
+        return importlib.import_module(name)
+
+
 def check_syntax_warning(testcase, statement, errtext='',
                          *, lineno=1, offset=None):
     # Test also that a warning is emitted only once.