diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/imports.py b/jedi/evaluate/imports.py
index fe9ac9b3..9a958c40 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/imports.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/imports.py
@@ -424,13 +424,6 @@ def import_module(evaluator, import_names, sys_path):
         # further imports.
         parent_module = list(bases)[0]
 
-        # This is a huge exception, we follow a nested import
-        # ``os.path``, because it's a very important one in Python
-        # that is being achieved by messing with ``sys.modules`` in
-        # ``os``.
-        if import_names == ('os', 'path'):
-            return parent_module.py__getattribute__('path')
-
         try:
             method = parent_module.py__path__
         except AttributeError:
diff --git a/jedi/plugins/stdlib.py b/jedi/plugins/stdlib.py
index 44420940..0c02297f 100644
--- a/jedi/plugins/stdlib.py
+++ b/jedi/plugins/stdlib.py
@@ -77,6 +77,19 @@ class StdlibPlugin(BasePlugin):
 
         return wrapper
 
+    def import_module(self, callback):
+        def wrapper(evaluator, import_names, sys_path):
+            # This is a huge exception, we follow a nested import
+            # ``os.path``, because it's a very important one in Python
+            # that is being achieved by messing with ``sys.modules`` in
+            # ``os``.
+            if import_names == ('os', 'path'):
+                return callback(evaluator, ('os',), sys_path).py__getattribute__('path')
+            return callback(evaluator, import_names, sys_path)
+
+
+        return wrapper
+
 
 def _follow_param(evaluator, arguments, index):
     try: