diff --git a/copyparty/util.py b/copyparty/util.py
index bebcc57b..aab818ee 100644
--- a/copyparty/util.py
+++ b/copyparty/util.py
@@ -30,7 +30,17 @@ from collections import Counter
 from ipaddress import IPv4Address, IPv4Network, IPv6Address, IPv6Network
 from queue import Queue
 
-from .__init__ import ANYWIN, EXE, MACOS, PY2, PY36, TYPE_CHECKING, VT100, WINDOWS
+from .__init__ import (
+    ANYWIN,
+    EXE,
+    MACOS,
+    PY2,
+    PY36,
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
+    VT100,
+    WINDOWS,
+    EnvParams,
+)
 from .__version__ import S_BUILD_DT, S_VERSION
 from .stolen import surrogateescape
 
@@ -3545,6 +3555,100 @@ def hidedir(dp) -> None:
             pass
 
 
+try:
+    import importlib.resources as impresources
+except ImportError:
+    impresources = None
+
+
+def stat_resource(E: EnvParams, name: str):
+    path = os.path.join(E.mod, name)
+    if os.path.exists(path):
+        return os.stat(fsenc(path))
+    return None
+
+
+def has_resource(E: EnvParams, name: str):
+    if impresources:
+        try:
+            resources = impresources.files("copyparty")
+        except ImportError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            res = resources.joinpath(name)
+            if res.is_file() or res.is_dir():
+                return True
+
+    return os.path.exists(os.path.join(E.mod, name))
+
+
+def load_resource(E: EnvParams, name: str, mode="rb"):
+    if impresources:
+        try:
+            resources = impresources.files("copyparty")
+        except ImportError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            res = resources.joinpath(name)
+            if res.is_file():
+                return res.open(mode)
+
+    return open(os.path.join(E.mod, name), mode)
+
+
+def walk_resources(E: EnvParams, name: str):
+    def do_walk(base, r):
+        queue = [(base, r)]
+        while queue:
+            (b, r) = queue.pop(0)
+            d = []
+            f = []
+            for e in r.iterdir():
+                if e.is_dir():
+                    d.append(e.name)
+                    queue.append((os.path.join(b, e.name), e))
+                elif e.is_file():
+                    f.append(e.name)
+            yield (b, d, f)
+
+    if impresources:
+        try:
+            resources = impresources.files("copyparty").joinpath(name)
+        except ImportError:
+            resources = None
+    else:
+        resources = None
+
+    base_path = os.path.join(E.mod, name)
+    visited_root = False
+    for (base, dirs, files) in os.walk(base_path):
+        res_dirs = []
+        res_files = []
+        if resources:
+            if base != base_path:
+                relbase = os.path.relpath(base, base_path)
+                resbase = resources.joinpath(relbase)
+            else:
+                visited_root = True
+                relbase = name
+                resbase = resources
+            if resbase.is_dir():
+                for r in resbase.iterdir():
+                    if r.is_dir() and r.name not in dirs:
+                        res_dirs.append(r.name)
+                    elif r.is_file() and r.name not in files:
+                        res_files.append(r.name)
+
+        yield (base, dirs + res_dirs, files + res_files)
+        for d in res_dirs:
+            for f in do_walk(relbase, res_dirs):
+                yield f
+
+    if resources and not visited_root:
+        for f in do_walk(name, resources):
+            yield f
+
+
 class Pebkac(Exception):
     def __init__(
         self, code: int, msg: Optional[str] = None, log: Optional[str] = None