diff --git a/importlib_resources/_common.py b/importlib_resources/_common.py
index c989135..8df6b39 100644
--- a/importlib_resources/_common.py
+++ b/importlib_resources/_common.py
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 from typing import Union, Optional, cast
 from .abc import ResourceReader, Traversable
 
-from .future.adapters import wrap_spec
-
 Package = Union[types.ModuleType, str]
 Anchor = Package
 
@@ -111,6 +109,9 @@ def from_package(package: types.ModuleType):
     Return a Traversable object for the given package.
 
     """
+    # deferred for performance (python/cpython#109829)
+    from .future.adapters import wrap_spec
+
     spec = wrap_spec(package)
     reader = spec.loader.get_resource_reader(spec.name)
     return reader.files()
diff --git a/newsfragments/+.feature.rst b/newsfragments/+.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..976f76f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/+.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deferred select imports in for a speedup (python/cpython#109829).