diff --git a/pyrightconfig.stricter.json b/pyrightconfig.stricter.json
index f3cd3f412..daa4a641b 100644
--- a/pyrightconfig.stricter.json
+++ b/pyrightconfig.stricter.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         "stdlib/xml/sax",
         "stubs/aws-xray-sdk",
         "stubs/babel",
-        "stubs/backports",
+        "stubs/backports.ssl_match_hostname",
         "stubs/backports_abc",
         "stubs/bleach",
         "stubs/boto",
@@ -112,4 +112,4 @@
     // Several stubs refer to symbols in __all__ that are conditionally
     // declared based on platform or version checks.
     "reportUnsupportedDunderAll": "none",
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/stubs/backports.ssl_match_hostname/METADATA.toml b/stubs/backports.ssl_match_hostname/METADATA.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9509ba1a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/backports.ssl_match_hostname/METADATA.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+version = "3.7"
+python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/backports/backports/__init__.pyi b/stubs/backports.ssl_match_hostname/backports/__init__.pyi
similarity index 100%
rename from stubs/backports/backports/__init__.pyi
rename to stubs/backports.ssl_match_hostname/backports/__init__.pyi
diff --git a/stubs/backports/backports/ssl_match_hostname.pyi b/stubs/backports.ssl_match_hostname/backports/ssl_match_hostname/__init__.pyi
similarity index 100%
rename from stubs/backports/backports/ssl_match_hostname.pyi
rename to stubs/backports.ssl_match_hostname/backports/ssl_match_hostname/__init__.pyi
diff --git a/stubs/backports/METADATA.toml b/stubs/backports/METADATA.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 31f638bf3..000000000
--- a/stubs/backports/METADATA.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-version = "0.1"
-python2 = true