diff -r 10f20ad2fbb6 Lib/logging/config.py
--- a/Lib/logging/config.py	Mon Aug 08 21:45:13 2011 +0200
+++ b/Lib/logging/config.py	Tue Aug 09 21:20:14 2011 +0400
@@ -373,13 +373,19 @@
         'cfg' : 'cfg_convert',
     }
 
-    # We might want to use a different one, e.g. importlib
-    importer = __import__
 
     def __init__(self, config):
         self.config = ConvertingDict(config)
         self.config.configurator = self
 
+    def importer(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Imports the module name, potentially using the given globals and
+        locals to determine how to interpret the name in a package context.
+        """
+        # We might want to use a different one, e.g. importlib
+        return  __import__(name, *args, **kwargs)
+
     def resolve(self, s):
         """
         Resolve strings to objects using standard import and attribute