diff --git a/lib/msf/core/payload/python/meterpreter_loader.rb b/lib/msf/core/payload/python/meterpreter_loader.rb
index d301b0b1bb..328fce5c38 100644
--- a/lib/msf/core/payload/python/meterpreter_loader.rb
+++ b/lib/msf/core/payload/python/meterpreter_loader.rb
@@ -157,9 +157,15 @@ module Payload::Python::MeterpreterLoader
     aes_encryptor = Rex::Text.encode_base64(Rex::Text.zlib_deflate(python_aes_source))
     rsa_encryptor = Rex::Text.encode_base64(Rex::Text.zlib_deflate(python_rsa_source))
     %Q?
-import codecs,imp,base64,zlib
-met_aes = imp.new_module('met_aes')
-met_rsa = imp.new_module('met_rsa')
+import codecs,base64,zlib
+try:
+  import importlib.util
+  new_module = lambda x: importlib.util.spec_from_loader(x, loader=None)
+except ImportError:
+  import imp
+  new_module = imp.new_module
+met_aes = new_module('met_aes')
+met_rsa = new_module('met_rsa')
 exec(compile(zlib.decompress(base64.b64decode(codecs.getencoder('utf-8')('#{aes_encryptor}')[0])),'met_aes','exec'), met_aes.__dict__)
 exec(compile(zlib.decompress(base64.b64decode(codecs.getencoder('utf-8')('#{rsa_encryptor}')[0])),'met_rsa','exec'), met_rsa.__dict__)
 sys.modules['met_aes'] = met_aes
diff --git a/modules/payloads/singles/python/meterpreter_bind_tcp.rb b/modules/payloads/singles/python/meterpreter_bind_tcp.rb
index cb613a9c7b..15a4e92539 100644
--- a/modules/payloads/singles/python/meterpreter_bind_tcp.rb
+++ b/modules/payloads/singles/python/meterpreter_bind_tcp.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 module MetasploitModule
 
-  CachedSize = 116841
+  CachedSize = 117045
 
   include Msf::Payload::Single
   include Msf::Payload::Python
diff --git a/modules/payloads/singles/python/meterpreter_reverse_http.rb b/modules/payloads/singles/python/meterpreter_reverse_http.rb
index 79980528c3..3837275525 100644
--- a/modules/payloads/singles/python/meterpreter_reverse_http.rb
+++ b/modules/payloads/singles/python/meterpreter_reverse_http.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 module MetasploitModule
 
-  CachedSize = 116833
+  CachedSize = 117037
 
   include Msf::Payload::Single
   include Msf::Payload::Python
diff --git a/modules/payloads/singles/python/meterpreter_reverse_https.rb b/modules/payloads/singles/python/meterpreter_reverse_https.rb
index e38193e08f..9c01b35b44 100644
--- a/modules/payloads/singles/python/meterpreter_reverse_https.rb
+++ b/modules/payloads/singles/python/meterpreter_reverse_https.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 module MetasploitModule
 
-  CachedSize = 116833
+  CachedSize = 117037
 
   include Msf::Payload::Single
   include Msf::Payload::Python
diff --git a/modules/payloads/singles/python/meterpreter_reverse_tcp.rb b/modules/payloads/singles/python/meterpreter_reverse_tcp.rb
index a6e2b9c906..ec5ca0b2a1 100644
--- a/modules/payloads/singles/python/meterpreter_reverse_tcp.rb
+++ b/modules/payloads/singles/python/meterpreter_reverse_tcp.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 module MetasploitModule
 
-  CachedSize = 116741
+  CachedSize = 116945
 
   include Msf::Payload::Single
   include Msf::Payload::Python