diff --git a/gunicorn/util.py b/gunicorn/util.py
index 1b39ba73..751deea7 100644
--- a/gunicorn/util.py
+++ b/gunicorn/util.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import warnings
 
 try:
     import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
-except ImportError:
+except (ModuleNotFoundError, ImportError):
     import importlib_metadata
 
 from gunicorn.errors import AppImportError