diff --git a/Lib/pathlib.py b/Lib/pathlib.py
index 96b8b59..d2053e6 100644
--- a/Lib/pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/pathlib.py
@@ -447,6 +447,20 @@
     def readlink(self, path):
         return os.readlink(path)
 
+    def owner(self, path):
+        try:
+            import pwd
+            return pwd.getpwuid(self.stat(path).st_uid).pw_name
+        except ImportError:
+            raise NotImplementedError("Path.owner() is unsupported on this system")
+
+    def group(self, path):
+        try:
+            import grp
+            return grp.getgrgid(self.stat(path).st_gid).gr_name
+        except ImportError:
+            raise NotImplementedError("Path.group() is unsupported on this system")
+
 
 _normal_accessor = _NormalAccessor()
 
@@ -1202,15 +1216,13 @@
         """
         Return the login name of the file owner.
         """
-        import pwd
-        return pwd.getpwuid(self.stat().st_uid).pw_name
+        return self._accessor.owner(self)
 
     def group(self):
         """
         Return the group name of the file gid.
         """
-        import grp
-        return grp.getgrgid(self.stat().st_gid).gr_name
+        return self._accessor.group(self)
 
     def open(self, mode='r', buffering=-1, encoding=None,
              errors=None, newline=None):
@@ -1544,11 +1556,5 @@
     """
     __slots__ = ()
 
-    def owner(self):
-        raise NotImplementedError("Path.owner() is unsupported on this system")
-
-    def group(self):
-        raise NotImplementedError("Path.group() is unsupported on this system")
-
     def is_mount(self):
         raise NotImplementedError("Path.is_mount() is unsupported on this system")