diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 19330fe..076390a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 Change Log
 ==========
 
+5.0.1 (Unreleased)
+==================
+
+- Support reading TOML files via ``tomllib`` on Python 3.11+
+
 5.0.0 (13 August 2024)
 ========================
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 87a3aa7..8a11aec 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ Installation
 
 ``pip install goodconf`` or ``pip install goodconf[yaml]`` /
 ``pip install goodconf[toml]`` if parsing/generating YAML/TOML
-files is required.
+files is required. When running on Python 3.11+ the ``[toml]``
+extra is only required for generating TOML files as parsing
+is supported natively.
 
 
 Quick Start
diff --git a/goodconf/__init__.py b/goodconf/__init__.py
index 8e32570..c2c87db 100644
--- a/goodconf/__init__.py
+++ b/goodconf/__init__.py
@@ -71,10 +71,16 @@ def _load_config(path: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
         yaml = ruamel.yaml.YAML(typ="safe", pure=True)
         loader = yaml.load
     elif ext == ".toml":
-        import tomlkit
+        try:
+            import tomllib
+
+            def load(stream):
+                return tomllib.loads(f.read())
+        except ImportError:  # Fallback for Python < 3.11
+            import tomlkit
 
-        def load(stream):
-            return tomlkit.load(f).unwrap()
+            def load(stream):
+                return tomlkit.load(f).unwrap()
 
         loader = load
 
diff --git a/tests/test_file_helpers.py b/tests/test_file_helpers.py
index 298af60..0bd363e 100644
--- a/tests/test_file_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/test_file_helpers.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import os
-
+import sys
 import pytest
 
 from goodconf import _find_file, _load_config
@@ -12,14 +12,16 @@ def test_json(tmpdir):
 
 
 def test_load_toml(tmpdir):
-    pytest.importorskip("tomlkit")
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 11):
+        pytest.importorskip("tomlkit")
     conf = tmpdir.join("conf.toml")
     conf.write('a = "b"\nc = 3')
     assert _load_config(str(conf)) == {"a": "b", "c": 3}
 
 
 def test_load_empty_toml(tmpdir):
-    pytest.importorskip("tomlkit")
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 11):
+        pytest.importorskip("tomlkit")
     conf = tmpdir.join("conf.toml")
     conf.write("")
     assert _load_config(str(conf)) == {}