diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index f0c5d56..f040ebe 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       architecture: 'x64'
 
   - script: |
-      pip install -U setuptools --user
+      pip install -U -r requirements.txt
       python setup.py sdist
     displayName: 'Build sdist'
 
@@ -67,7 +67,5 @@ jobs:
       pip install dist/$SDIST
     displayName: 'Install from sdist'
 
-  - script: |
-      pip install -U pytest
-      python -m pytest test_catalogue.py
+  - script: python -m pytest test_catalogue.py
     displayName: 'Run tests'
diff --git a/catalogue.py b/catalogue.py
index 783ff2e..0d78b35 100644
--- a/catalogue.py
+++ b/catalogue.py
@@ -4,17 +4,24 @@
 from collections import OrderedDict
 import sys
 
+try:  # Python 3.8
+    import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
+except ImportError:
+    import importlib_metadata
+
 if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
     basestring_ = basestring  # noqa: F821
 else:
     basestring_ = str
 
+# Ony ever call this once for performance reasons
+AVAILABLE_ENTRY_POINTS = importlib_metadata.entry_points()
 
 # This is where functions will be registered
 REGISTRY = OrderedDict()
 
 
-def create(*namespace):
+def create(*namespace, entry_points=False):
     """Create a new registry.
 
     *namespace (str): The namespace, e.g. "spacy" or "spacy", "architectures".
@@ -23,17 +30,22 @@ def create(*namespace):
     """
     if check_exists(*namespace):
         raise RegistryError("Namespace already exists: {}".format(namespace))
-    return Registry(namespace)
+    return Registry(namespace, entry_points=entry_points)
 
 
 class Registry(object):
-    def __init__(self, namespace):
+    def __init__(self, namespace, entry_points=False):
         """Initialize a new registry.
 
         namespace (Tuple[str]): The namespace.
+        entry_points (bool): Whether to also check for entry points.
         RETURNS (Registry): The newly created object.
         """
         self.namespace = namespace
+        self.entry_point_namespace = "_".join(namespace)
+        if entry_points:
+            for name, value in self.get_entry_points().items():
+                self.register(name, func=value)
 
     def register(self, name, **kwargs):
         """Register a function for a given namespace.
@@ -79,6 +91,28 @@ def get_all(self):
                 result[keys[-1]] = value
         return result
 
+    def get_entry_points(self):
+        """Get registered entry points from other packages for this namespace.
+
+        RETURNS (dict): Entry points, keyed by name.
+        """
+        result = {}
+        for entry_point in AVAILABLE_ENTRY_POINTS.get(self.entry_point_namespace, []):
+            result[entry_point.name] = entry_point.load()
+        return result
+
+    def get_entry_point(self, name, default=None):
+        """Check if registered entry point is available for a given name in the
+        namespace and load it. Otherwise, return None.
+
+        name (unicode): Name of entry point to load.
+        RETURNS: The loaded entry point or None.
+        """
+        for entry_point in AVAILABLE_ENTRY_POINTS.get(self.entry_point_namespace, []):
+            if entry_point.name == name:
+                return entry_point.load()
+        return default
+
 
 def check_exists(*namespace):
     """Check if a namespace exists.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..568e84e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+importlib_metadata>=0.20; python_version < "3.8"
+setuptools
+pytest>=4.6.5
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1150a19..a82b8a0 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ py_modules = catalogue
 zip_safe = true
 include_package_data = true
 python_requires = >=2.7,!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*
+install_requires =
+    importlib_metadata>=0.20; python_version < "3.8"
 
 [bdist_wheel]
 universal = true
diff --git a/test_catalogue.py b/test_catalogue.py
index ee0f5d2..c327f8a 100644
--- a/test_catalogue.py
+++ b/test_catalogue.py
@@ -87,3 +87,19 @@ def z():
     assert items["z"] == z
     assert catalogue.check_exists("x", "y", "z")
     assert catalogue._get(("x", "y", "z")) == z
+
+
+def test_entry_points():
+    # Create a new EntryPoint object by pretending we have a config.cfg and
+    # use one of catalogue's util functions as the advertised function
+    ep_string = "[options.entry_points]test_foo\n    bar = catalogue:check_exists"
+    ep = catalogue.importlib_metadata.EntryPoint._from_text(ep_string)
+    catalogue.AVAILABLE_ENTRY_POINTS["test_foo"] = ep
+    assert catalogue.REGISTRY == {}
+    test_registry = catalogue.create("test", "foo", entry_points=True)
+    entry_points = test_registry.get_entry_points()
+    assert "bar" in entry_points
+    assert entry_points["bar"] == catalogue.check_exists
+    assert test_registry.get_entry_point("bar") == catalogue.check_exists
+    assert ("test", "foo", "bar") in catalogue.REGISTRY
+    assert catalogue._get(("test", "foo", "bar")) == catalogue.check_exists