diff --git a/micropython/bundles/bundle-networking/manifest.py b/micropython/bundles/bundle-networking/manifest.py
index 1db1b08c..79d5e9d9 100644
--- a/micropython/bundles/bundle-networking/manifest.py
+++ b/micropython/bundles/bundle-networking/manifest.py
@@ -5,5 +5,9 @@ metadata(
 
 require("mip")
 require("ntptime")
-require("urequests")
+require("requests")
 require("webrepl")
+
+# Provide urequests (which just forwards to requests) for backwards
+# compatibility.
+require("urequests")
diff --git a/micropython/mip/manifest.py b/micropython/mip/manifest.py
index f6d47e22..00efa545 100644
--- a/micropython/mip/manifest.py
+++ b/micropython/mip/manifest.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 metadata(version="0.2.0", description="On-device package installer for network-capable boards")
 
-require("urequests")
+require("requests")
 
 package("mip", opt=3)
diff --git a/micropython/mip/mip/__init__.py b/micropython/mip/mip/__init__.py
index 0593e2e0..5f6f4fcd 100644
--- a/micropython/mip/mip/__init__.py
+++ b/micropython/mip/mip/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # MicroPython package installer
 # MIT license; Copyright (c) 2022 Jim Mussared
 
-import urequests as requests
+import requests
 import sys
 
 
diff --git a/micropython/urequests/README.md b/micropython/urequests/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6612b35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/micropython/urequests/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+## urequests compatibility
+
+The MicroPython version of
+[requests](https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) was previously called
+`urequests` and a lot of existing code depends on being able to still
+import the module by that name.
+
+This package provides a wrapper to allow this. Prefer to install and use the
+`requests` package instead.
diff --git a/micropython/urequests/manifest.py b/micropython/urequests/manifest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3fbe61c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/micropython/urequests/manifest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+metadata(version="0.8.0", pypi="requests")
+
+require("requests")
+
+module("urequests.py")
diff --git a/micropython/urequests/urequests.py b/micropython/urequests/urequests.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..227a1ae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/micropython/urequests/urequests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# This module provides a backwards-compatble import for `urequests`.
+# It lazy-loads from `requests` without duplicating its globals dict.
+
+
+def __getattr__(attr):
+    import requests
+
+    return getattr(requests, attr)
diff --git a/python-ecosys/requests/README.md b/python-ecosys/requests/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6ceaadc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-ecosys/requests/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+## requests
+
+This module provides a lightweight version of the Python
+[requests](https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) library.
+
+It includes support for all HTTP verbs, https, json decoding of responses,
+redirects, basic authentication.
+
+### Limitations
+
+* Certificate validation is not currently supported.
+* A dictionary passed as post data will not do automatic JSON or
+  multipart-form encoding of post data (this can be done manually).
+* Compressed requests/responses are not currently supported.
+* File upload is not supported.
+* Chunked encoding in responses is not supported.
diff --git a/python-ecosys/urequests/example_xively.py b/python-ecosys/requests/example_xively.py
similarity index 80%
rename from python-ecosys/urequests/example_xively.py
rename to python-ecosys/requests/example_xively.py
index 88b890cb..60e139b9 100644
--- a/python-ecosys/urequests/example_xively.py
+++ b/python-ecosys/requests/example_xively.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-try:
-    import urequests as requests
-except ImportError:
-    import requests
+import requests
 
 r = requests.get("http://api.xively.com/")
 print(r)
diff --git a/python-ecosys/requests/manifest.py b/python-ecosys/requests/manifest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fc2d63b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-ecosys/requests/manifest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+metadata(version="0.8.0", pypi="requests")
+
+package("requests")
diff --git a/python-ecosys/urequests/urequests.py b/python-ecosys/requests/requests/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from python-ecosys/urequests/urequests.py
rename to python-ecosys/requests/requests/__init__.py
diff --git a/python-ecosys/urequests/manifest.py b/python-ecosys/urequests/manifest.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c134081..00000000
--- a/python-ecosys/urequests/manifest.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-metadata(version="0.7.0", pypi="requests")
-
-module("urequests.py")