diff --git a/configurator/_toml.py b/configurator/_toml.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e74a4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configurator/_toml.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import io
+
+try:
+    import tomllib
+except ImportError:
+    import tomli as tomllib
+
+
+def load(f, *, parse_float=float):
+    # wrapper around tomllib.load to be more forgiving of streams opened in text mode
+    if isinstance(f, io.TextIOWrapper):
+        return tomllib.load(f.buffer, parse_float=parse_float)
+    elif isinstance(f, io.StringIO):
+        return tomllib.loads(f.getvalue(), parse_float=parse_float)
+    else:
+        return tomllib.load(f, parse_float=parse_float)
diff --git a/configurator/parsers.py b/configurator/parsers.py
index 93bc3b3..48c1434 100644
--- a/configurator/parsers.py
+++ b/configurator/parsers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
+from importlib import import_module
 
 
 class ParseError(Exception):
@@ -10,9 +11,10 @@ class ParseError(Exception):
 
 class Parsers(defaultdict):
 
+    # file extension: module name, method name
     supported = {
         'json': ('json', 'load'),
-        'toml': ('toml', 'load'),
+        'toml': ('configurator._toml', 'load'),
         'yml': ('yaml', 'safe_load'),
         'yaml': ('yaml', 'safe_load'),
     }
@@ -23,5 +25,5 @@ def __missing__(self, extension):
         except KeyError:
             raise ParseError('No parser found for {!r}'.format(extension))
         else:
-            module = __import__(module_name)
+            module = import_module(module_name)
             return getattr(module, parser_name)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6e0b155..15cbbb4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     python_requires=">=3.6",
     extras_require=dict(
         yaml=['pyyaml'],
-        toml=['toml'],
+        toml=['tomli; python_version < "3.11"'],
         test=[
             'jinja2',
             'mock',
diff --git a/tests/test_toml_loading.py b/tests/test_toml_loading.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..151eeb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_toml_loading.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import pytest
+from testfixtures import compare
+
+from configurator import Config
+
+
+def test_load_toml_from_path_implicit_parser(tmp_path):
+    path = tmp_path / 'test.toml'
+    path.write_bytes(b'k = "v"')
+    config = Config.from_path(path)
+    compare(config.k, "v")
+
+
+def test_load_toml_from_path_explicit_parser(tmp_path):
+    path = tmp_path / 'test.toml'
+    path.write_bytes(b'k = "v"')
+    parser = Config.parsers['toml']
+    config = Config.from_path(path, parser)
+    compare(config.k, "v")
+
+
+def test_load_toml_from_byte_stream_implicit_parser(tmp_path):
+    path = tmp_path / 'test.toml'
+    path.write_bytes(b'k = "v"')
+    with path.open(mode="rb") as stream:
+        config = Config.from_stream(stream)
+    compare(config.k, "v")
+
+
+def test_load_toml_from_byte_stream_explicit_parser(tmp_path):
+    path = tmp_path / 'test.toml'
+    path.write_bytes(b'k = "v"')
+    parser = Config.parsers['toml']
+    with path.open(mode="rb") as stream:
+        config = Config.from_stream(stream, parser)
+    compare(config.k, "v")
+
+
+def test_load_toml_from_text_stream_implicit_parser(tmp_path):
+    path = tmp_path / 'test.toml'
+    path.write_bytes(b'k = "v"')
+    with path.open(mode="rt") as stream:
+        config = Config.from_stream(stream)
+    compare(config.k, "v")
+
+
+def test_load_toml_from_text_stream_explicit_parser(tmp_path):
+    path = tmp_path / 'test.toml'
+    path.write_bytes(b'k = "v"')
+    parser = Config.parsers['toml']
+    with path.open(mode="rt") as stream:
+        config = Config.from_stream(stream, parser)
+    compare(config.k, "v")
+
+
+def test_load_toml_from_text():
+    parser = Config.parsers['toml']
+    config = Config.from_text('k = "v"', parser)
+    compare(config.k, "v")
+
+
+def test_load_toml_from_bytes():
+    parser = Config.parsers['toml']
+    config = Config.from_text(b'k = "v"', parser)
+    compare(config.k, "v")