diff --git a/salt/loader.py b/salt/loader.py
index 3b25ff737f..189a5f5a9f 100644
--- a/salt/loader.py
+++ b/salt/loader.py
@@ -44,6 +44,20 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 SALT_BASE_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(salt.__file__))
 LOADED_BASE_NAME = 'salt.loaded'
 
+if six.PY3:
+    # pylint: disable=no-member,no-name-in-module,import-error
+    import importlib.machinery
+    SUFFIXES = []
+    for suffix in importlib.machinery.EXTENSION_SUFFIXES:
+        SUFFIXES.append((suffix, 'rb', 3))
+    for suffix in importlib.machinery.BYTECODE_SUFFIXES:
+        SUFFIXES.append((suffix, 'rb', 2))
+    for suffix in importlib.machinery.SOURCE_SUFFIXES:
+        SUFFIXES.append((suffix, 'r', 1))
+    # pylint: enable=no-member,no-name-in-module,import-error
+else:
+    SUFFIXES = imp.get_suffixes()
+
 # Because on the cloud drivers we do `from salt.cloud.libcloudfuncs import *`
 # which simplifies code readability, it adds some unsupported functions into
 # the driver's module scope.
@@ -969,7 +983,7 @@ class LazyLoader(salt.utils.lazy.LazyDict):
         # map of suffix to description for imp
         self.suffix_map = {}
         suffix_order = []  # local list to determine precedence of extensions
-        for (suffix, mode, kind) in imp.get_suffixes():
+        for (suffix, mode, kind) in SUFFIXES:
             self.suffix_map[suffix] = (suffix, mode, kind)
             suffix_order.append(suffix)