diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 668b9edee..bfd46f0b4 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ export(github_pat)
 export(github_pull)
 export(github_release)
 export(has_tests)
+export(inst)
 export(install)
 export(install_bioc)
 export(install_bitbucket)
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ importFrom(pkgbuild,clean_dll)
 importFrom(pkgbuild,with_debug)
 importFrom(pkgload,check_dep_version)
 importFrom(pkgload,check_suggested)
+importFrom(pkgload,inst)
 importFrom(pkgload,parse_deps)
 importFrom(pkgload,unload)
 importFrom(stats,update)
diff --git a/R/inst.R b/R/inst.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fc2ba313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/inst.R
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#' @importFrom pkgload inst
+#' @export
+pkgload::inst
diff --git a/man/reexports.Rd b/man/reexports.Rd
index 1c33d40e2..a2ebc86d8 100644
--- a/man/reexports.Rd
+++ b/man/reexports.Rd
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 % Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
-% Please edit documentation in R/package-deps.r, R/pkgbuild.R, R/pkgload.R
+% Please edit documentation in R/inst.R, R/package-deps.r, R/pkgbuild.R,
+%   R/pkgload.R
 \docType{import}
 \name{reexports}
 \alias{reexports}
+\alias{inst}
+\alias{reexports}
 \alias{parse_deps}
 \alias{reexports}
 \alias{check_dep_version}
@@ -21,6 +24,6 @@ below to see their documentation.
 \describe{
   \item{pkgbuild}{\code{\link[pkgbuild]{with_debug}}, \code{\link[pkgbuild]{clean_dll}}}
 
-  \item{pkgload}{\code{\link[pkgload]{parse_deps}}, \code{\link[pkgload]{check_dep_version}}, \code{\link[pkgload]{unload}}}
+  \item{pkgload}{\code{\link[pkgload]{inst}}, \code{\link[pkgload]{parse_deps}}, \code{\link[pkgload]{check_dep_version}}, \code{\link[pkgload]{unload}}}
 }}