diff --git a/src/future/moves/copyreg.py b/src/future/moves/copyreg.py
index 21c7a42f..9d08cdc5 100644
--- a/src/future/moves/copyreg.py
+++ b/src/future/moves/copyreg.py
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 from future.utils import PY3
 
 if PY3:
-    from copyreg import *
+    import copyreg, sys
+    # A "*" import uses Python 3's copyreg.__all__ which does not include
+    # all public names in the API surface for copyreg, this avoids that
+    # problem by just making our module _be_ a reference to the actual module.
+    sys.modules['future.moves.copyreg'] = copyreg
 else:
     __future_module__ = True
     from copy_reg import *