diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sax.py b/Lib/test/test_sax.py
index 46b29650d9383b5..0a4964ce4b98cc5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sax.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sax.py
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@
 import sys
 from urllib.error import URLError
 import urllib.request
-from test.support import os_helper
+from test.support import cpython_only, os_helper
 from test.support import findfile, check__all__
+from test.support import import_helper
 from test.support.os_helper import FakePath, TESTFN
 
 
@@ -1600,6 +1601,12 @@ def test_deprecated__version__and__date__(self):
                     getattr(module, "version")
                 self.assertEqual(cm.filename, __file__)
 
+    @cpython_only
+    def test_lazy_import(self):
+        import_helper.ensure_lazy_imports(
+            "xml.sax.saxutils", {"urllib.parse", "urllib.request"}
+        )
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py b/Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py
index 920283c3f3496f0..4bdfff1b9b8bc12 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/sax/saxutils.py
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 convenience of application and driver writers.
 """
 
-import os, urllib.parse, urllib.request
+import os
+lazy import urllib.parse
+lazy import urllib.request
 import io
 import codecs
 from . import handler