diff --git a/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py b/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py
index 629f1858e5b798..94b83869a68550 100644
--- a/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from ._collections import FreezableDefaultDict, Pair
 from ._functools import method_cache
 from ._itertools import unique_everseen
+from ._meta import PackageMetadata, SimplePath
 
 from contextlib import suppress
 from importlib import import_module
@@ -611,10 +612,11 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         @property
         def path(self):
             """
-            The path that a distribution finder should search.
+            The sequence of directory path that a distribution finder
+            should search.
 
-            Typically refers to Python package paths and defaults
-            to ``sys.path``.
+            Typically refers to Python installed package paths such as
+            "site-packages" directories and defaults to ``sys.path``.
             """
             return vars(self).get('path', sys.path)
 
@@ -771,11 +773,10 @@ def invalidate_caches(cls):
 
 
 class PathDistribution(Distribution):
-    def __init__(self, path):
-        """Construct a distribution from a path to the metadata directory.
+    def __init__(self, path: SimplePath):
+        """Construct a distribution.
 
-        :param path: A pathlib.Path or similar object supporting
-                     .joinpath(), __div__, .parent, and .read_text().
+        :param path: SimplePath indicating the metadata directory.
         """
         self._path = path
 
@@ -869,7 +870,7 @@ def requires(distribution_name):
     Return a list of requirements for the named package.
 
     :return: An iterator of requirements, suitable for
-    packaging.requirement.Requirement.
+        packaging.requirement.Requirement.
     """
     return distribution(distribution_name).requires
 
diff --git a/Lib/importlib/metadata/_adapters.py b/Lib/importlib/metadata/_adapters.py
index ab086180fc35fc..aa460d3eda50fb 100644
--- a/Lib/importlib/metadata/_adapters.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/metadata/_adapters.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class Message(email.message.Message):
                 'Requires-Dist',
                 'Requires-External',
                 'Supported-Platform',
+                'Dynamic',
             ],
         )
     )
diff --git a/Lib/importlib/metadata/_meta.py b/Lib/importlib/metadata/_meta.py
index 04d9a0235368ed..1a6edbf957d5a0 100644
--- a/Lib/importlib/metadata/_meta.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/metadata/_meta.py
@@ -27,3 +27,21 @@ def json(self) -> Dict[str, Union[str, List[str]]]:
         """
         A JSON-compatible form of the metadata.
         """
+
+
+class SimplePath(Protocol):
+    """
+    A minimal subset of pathlib.Path required by PathDistribution.
+    """
+
+    def joinpath(self) -> 'SimplePath':
+        ...  # pragma: no cover
+
+    def __div__(self) -> 'SimplePath':
+        ...  # pragma: no cover
+
+    def parent(self) -> 'SimplePath':
+        ...  # pragma: no cover
+
+    def read_text(self) -> str:
+        ...  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-05-26-13-15-51.bpo-44241.TBqej8.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-05-26-13-15-51.bpo-44241.TBqej8.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c160cf70abb528
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-05-26-13-15-51.bpo-44241.TBqej8.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Incorporate minor tweaks from importlib_metadata 4.1: SimplePath protocol,
+support for Metadata 2.2.