diff --git a/pkgutil/pkgutil.py b/pkgutil/pkgutil.py
index e69de29b..79354779 100644
--- a/pkgutil/pkgutil.py
+++ b/pkgutil/pkgutil.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import pkg_resources
+
+def get_data(package, resource):
+    f = pkg_resources.resource_stream(package, resource)
+    try:
+        return f.read()
+    finally:
+        f.close()