diff --git a/Lib/encodings/__init__.py b/Lib/encodings/__init__.py
index 8a50ac1..01463bc 100644
--- a/Lib/encodings/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/encodings/__init__.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
         if not modname:
             continue
         try:
-            mod = __import__(modname,
+            mod = __import__('encodings.' + modname,
                              globals(), locals(), _import_tail)
         except ImportError:
             pass
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_charmapcodec.py b/Lib/test/test_charmapcodec.py
index 79d82c1..2866984 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_charmapcodec.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_charmapcodec.py
@@ -11,8 +11,19 @@
 
 import test.test_support, unittest
 
-# test codec's full path name (see test/testcodec.py)
-codecname = 'test.testcodec'
+import codecs
+
+# Register a search function which knows about our codec
+def codec_search_function(encoding):
+    if encoding == 'testcodec':
+        from test import testcodec
+        return tuple(testcodec.getregentry())
+    return None
+
+codecs.register(codec_search_function)
+
+# test codec's name (see test/testcodec.py)
+codecname = 'testcodec'
 
 class CharmapCodecTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_constructorx(self):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 078f702..32f6047 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Fix the encodings package codec search function to only search
+  inside its own package. Fixes problem reported in patch #1433198.
+
+  Note: Codec packages should implement and register their own
+  codec search function. PEP 100 has the details.
+
 - PEP 353: Using ssize_t as the index type.
 
 - Patch #1400181, fix unicode string formatting to not use the locale.