diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 73e6d13b5..501070baf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ Certbot adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Fixed
 
-*
+* Fixed accessing josepy contents through acme.jose when the full acme.jose
+  path is used.
 
 Despite us having broken lockstep, we are continuing to release new versions of
 all Certbot components during releases for the time being, however, the only
 package with changes other than its version number was:
 
-*
+* acme
 
 More details about these changes can be found on our GitHub repo.
 
diff --git a/acme/acme/__init__.py b/acme/acme/__init__.py
index d2cb1ee06..bab5b40ce 100644
--- a/acme/acme/__init__.py
+++ b/acme/acme/__init__.py
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ supported version: `draft-ietf-acme-01`_.
 """
 import sys
 
-import josepy
-
 # This code exists to keep backwards compatibility with people using acme.jose
 # before it became the standalone josepy package.
 #
 # It is based on
 # https://github.com/requests/requests/blob/1278ecdf71a312dc2268f3bfc0aabfab3c006dcf/requests/packages.py
 
+import josepy as jose
+
 for mod in list(sys.modules):
     # This traversal is apparently necessary such that the identities are
     # preserved (acme.jose.* is josepy.*)
diff --git a/acme/acme/jose_test.py b/acme/acme/jose_test.py
index ecd483662..340624a4f 100644
--- a/acme/acme/jose_test.py
+++ b/acme/acme/jose_test.py
@@ -12,11 +12,21 @@ class JoseTest(unittest.TestCase):
         else:
             acme_jose_path = 'acme.jose'
             josepy_path = 'josepy'
-        acme_jose = importlib.import_module(acme_jose_path)
-        josepy = importlib.import_module(josepy_path)
+        acme_jose_mod = importlib.import_module(acme_jose_path)
+        josepy_mod = importlib.import_module(josepy_path)
 
-        self.assertIs(acme_jose, josepy)
-        self.assertIs(getattr(acme_jose, attribute), getattr(josepy, attribute))
+        self.assertIs(acme_jose_mod, josepy_mod)
+        self.assertIs(getattr(acme_jose_mod, attribute), getattr(josepy_mod, attribute))
+
+        # We use the imports below with eval, but pylint doesn't
+        # understand that.
+        # pylint: disable=eval-used,unused-variable
+        import acme
+        import josepy
+        acme_jose_mod = eval(acme_jose_path)
+        josepy_mod = eval(josepy_path)
+        self.assertIs(acme_jose_mod, josepy_mod)
+        self.assertIs(getattr(acme_jose_mod, attribute), getattr(josepy_mod, attribute))
 
     def test_top_level(self):
         self._test_it('', 'RS512')