diff --git a/PyInstaller/loader/pyimod03_importers.py b/PyInstaller/loader/pyimod03_importers.py
index 40931371f8..9de19fdfbd 100644
--- a/PyInstaller/loader/pyimod03_importers.py
+++ b/PyInstaller/loader/pyimod03_importers.py
@@ -328,6 +328,15 @@ def get_source(self, fullname):
         Return None.
         """
         if fullname in self.toc:
+            # Try loading .py file from the filesystem
+            filename = pyi_os_path.os_path_join(
+                SYS_PREFIX,
+                fullname.replace('.', pyi_os_path.os_sep) + '.py')
+            try:
+                with open(filename, 'r') as fp:
+                    return fp.read()
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                pass
             return None
         else:
             # ImportError should be raised if module not found.
diff --git a/news/5697.feature.rst b/news/5697.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4fb19be26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/5697.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Provide basic implementation for ``FrozenImporter.get_source()`` that
+allows reading source from ``.py`` files that are collected by hooks as
+data files.