diff --git a/newsfragments/+d2458791.feature.rst b/newsfragments/+d2458791.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e9a456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/+d2458791.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Made the zipfile compatibility overlay available as zipp.compat.overlay.
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diff --git a/tests/test_complexity.py b/tests/test_complexity.py
index b9c8b32..fbe2cd8 100644
--- a/tests/test_complexity.py
+++ b/tests/test_complexity.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import re
 import string
 import unittest
-from .compat.overlay import zipfile
+from zipp.compat.overlay import zipfile
 
 from jaraco.functools import compose
 from more_itertools import consume
diff --git a/tests/test_path.py b/tests/test_path.py
index a0a58f6..013bd83 100644
--- a/tests/test_path.py
+++ b/tests/test_path.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import stat
 import sys
 import unittest
-from .compat.overlay import zipfile
+from zipp.compat.overlay import zipfile
 
 from .compat.py39.os_helper import temp_dir, FakePath
 
diff --git a/tests/compat/overlay.py b/zipp/compat/overlay.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/compat/overlay.py
rename to zipp/compat/overlay.py