diff --git a/doc/changelog.rst b/doc/changelog.rst
index e82804565f..597f75f873 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/changelog.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Version 4.12.1 is a bug fix release.
 
 - Fixed a bug that could raise ``UnboundLocalError`` when creating asynchronous connections over SSL.
 - Fixed a bug causing SRV hostname validation to fail when resolver and resolved hostnames are identical with three domain levels.
+- Fixed a bug that caused direct use of ``pymongo.uri_parser`` to raise an ``AttributeError``.
 
 Issues Resolved
 ...............
diff --git a/pymongo/__init__.py b/pymongo/__init__.py
index e392508912..9a35750811 100644
--- a/pymongo/__init__.py
+++ b/pymongo/__init__.py
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@
 from pymongo.synchronous.mongo_client import MongoClient
 from pymongo.write_concern import WriteConcern
 
+# Public module compatibility imports
+import pymongo.uri_parser  # noqa: F401 # isort: skip
+
 version = __version__
 """Current version of PyMongo."""
 
diff --git a/test/test_default_exports.py b/test/test_default_exports.py
index d9301d2223..5f3e749d36 100644
--- a/test/test_default_exports.py
+++ b/test/test_default_exports.py
@@ -209,6 +209,13 @@ def test_pymongo_imports(self):
         )
         from pymongo.write_concern import WriteConcern, validate_boolean
 
+    def test_pymongo_submodule_attributes(self):
+        import pymongo
+
+        self.assertTrue(hasattr(pymongo, "uri_parser"))
+        self.assertTrue(pymongo.uri_parser)
+        self.assertTrue(pymongo.uri_parser.parse_uri)
+
     def test_gridfs_imports(self):
         import gridfs
         from gridfs.errors import CorruptGridFile, FileExists, GridFSError, NoFile