1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/util.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/util.py
index 53959d41a2..029f73be22 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/util.py
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/util.py
@@ -23,10 +23,14 @@ import time
 import functools
 import shlex
 import typing as t
+import warnings
 
 from struct import unpack, pack
 from termios import TIOCGWINSZ
 
+# CAUTION: Avoid third-party imports in this module whenever possible.
+#          Any third-party imports occurring here will result in an error if they are vendored by ansible-core.
+
 try:
     from typing_extensions import TypeGuard  # TypeGuard was added in Python 3.10
 except ImportError:
@@ -339,6 +343,17 @@ def get_ansible_version() -> str:
     return ansible_version
 
 
+def _enable_vendoring() -> None:
+    """Enable support for loading Python packages vendored by ansible-core."""
+    # Load the vendoring code by file path, since ansible may not be in our sys.path.
+    # Convert warnings into errors, to avoid problems from surfacing later.
+
+    with warnings.catch_warnings():
+        warnings.filterwarnings('error')
+
+        load_module(os.path.join(ANSIBLE_LIB_ROOT, '_vendor', '__init__.py'), 'ansible_vendor')
+
+
 @cache
 def get_available_python_versions() -> dict[str, str]:
     """Return a dictionary indicating which supported Python versions are available."""
@@ -1154,3 +1169,5 @@ def type_guard(sequence: c.Sequence[t.Any], guard_type: t.Type[C]) -> TypeGuard[
 
 
 display = Display()  # pylint: disable=locally-disabled, invalid-name
+
+_enable_vendoring()