diff --git a/lib/python/pyflyby/_modules.py b/lib/python/pyflyby/_modules.py
index fb37cdc4..b90fac6b 100644
--- a/lib/python/pyflyby/_modules.py
+++ b/lib/python/pyflyby/_modules.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import ast
 from   functools                import total_ordering
+from importlib.machinery import FrozenImporter
 import itertools
 import os
 import re
@@ -250,6 +251,8 @@ def filename(self):
         # Get the filename using loader.get_filename().  Note that this does
         # more than just loader.filename: for example, it adds /__init__.py
         # for packages.
+        if not hasattr(loader, 'get_filename'):
+            return None
         filename = loader.get_filename()
         if not filename:
             return None