diff --git a/jsonschema/_utils.py b/jsonschema/_utils.py
index 620dab4c8..6c2f70ff5 100644
--- a/jsonschema/_utils.py
+++ b/jsonschema/_utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import itertools
 import json
 import re
-import os
+
+import pkg_resources
 
 from jsonschema.compat import str_types, MutableMapping, urlsplit
 
@@ -50,14 +51,12 @@ def __repr__(self):
 
 def load_schema(name):
     """
-    Load a schema from ./schemas/``name``.json and return it.
-
+    Load a schema from jsonschema.schemas.``name``.json and
+    return it.
     """
-
-    schema_dir = os.path.join(
-        os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "schemas",
-    )
-    with open(os.path.join(schema_dir, name + ".json")) as schema_file:
+    fname = pkg_resources.resource_filename('jsonschema',
+                                            "schemas/" + name + ".json")
+    with open(fname) as schema_file:
         return json.load(schema_file)
 
 
diff --git a/jsonschema/schemas/__init__.py b/jsonschema/schemas/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5f38d6e79..3927dbe2d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 setup(
     name="jsonschema",
     version=__version__,
-    packages=["jsonschema", "jsonschema.tests"],
-    package_data={"jsonschema": ["schemas/*.json"]},
+    packages=["jsonschema", "jsonschema.tests", "jsonschema.schemas"],
+    package_data={"jsonschema.schemas": ["*.json"]},
     author="Julian Berman",
     author_email="Julian@GrayVines.com",
     classifiers=classifiers,