diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index 63b4e74a373081..e770b299360ac6 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ def getdocloc(self, object, basedir=sysconfig.get_path('stdlib')):
                                  '_thread', 'zipimport') or
              (file.startswith(basedir) and
               not file.startswith(os.path.join(basedir, 'site-packages')))) and
-            object.__name__ not in ('xml.etree', 'test.pydoc_mod')):
+            object.__name__ not in ('xml.etree', 'test.test_pydoc.pydoc_mod')):
             if docloc.startswith(("http://", "https://")):
                 docloc = "{}/{}.html".format(docloc.rstrip("/"), object.__name__.lower())
             else:
diff --git a/Lib/test/libregrtest/findtests.py b/Lib/test/libregrtest/findtests.py
index ee890b5b1db4cd..4ac95e23a56b8f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/libregrtest/findtests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/libregrtest/findtests.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     "test_future_stmt",
     "test_gdb",
     "test_inspect",
+    "test_pydoc",
     "test_multiprocessing_fork",
     "test_multiprocessing_forkserver",
     "test_multiprocessing_spawn",
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pydoc/__init__.py b/Lib/test/test_pydoc/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f2a39a3fe29c7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pydoc/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import os
+from test import support
+
+
+def load_tests(*args):
+    return support.load_package_tests(os.path.dirname(__file__), *args)
diff --git a/Lib/test/pydoc_mod.py b/Lib/test/test_pydoc/pydoc_mod.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/test/pydoc_mod.py
rename to Lib/test/test_pydoc/pydoc_mod.py
diff --git a/Lib/test/pydocfodder.py b/Lib/test/test_pydoc/pydocfodder.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/test/pydocfodder.py
rename to Lib/test/test_pydoc/pydocfodder.py
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py b/Lib/test/test_pydoc/test_pydoc.py
similarity index 98%
rename from Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
rename to Lib/test/test_pydoc/test_pydoc.py
index 87cd6d5ca52c97..b1aa9671a97ee6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pydoc/test_pydoc.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
                           captured_stderr, is_emscripten, is_wasi,
                           requires_docstrings, MISSING_C_DOCSTRINGS)
 from test.support.os_helper import (TESTFN, rmtree, unlink)
-from test import pydoc_mod
-from test import pydocfodder
+from test.test_pydoc import pydoc_mod
+from test.test_pydoc import pydocfodder
 
 
 class nonascii:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class nonascii:
 
 expected_text_pattern = """
 NAME
-    test.pydoc_mod - This is a test module for test_pydoc
+    test.test_pydoc.pydoc_mod - This is a test module for test_pydoc
 %s
 CLASSES
     builtins.object
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class C(builtins.object)
 
 DATA
     __xyz__ = 'X, Y and Z'
-    c_alias = test.pydoc_mod.C[int]
+    c_alias = test.test_pydoc.pydoc_mod.C[int]
     list_alias1 = typing.List[int]
     list_alias2 = list[int]
     type_union1 = typing.Union[int, str]
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class C(builtins.object)
                                       for s in expected_data_docstrings)
 
 html2text_of_expected = """
-test.pydoc_mod (version 1.2.3.4)
+test.test_pydoc.pydoc_mod (version 1.2.3.4)
 This is a test module for test_pydoc
 
 Modules
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class C(builtins.object)
 
 Data
     __xyz__ = 'X, Y and Z'
-    c_alias = test.pydoc_mod.C[int]
+    c_alias = test.test_pydoc.pydoc_mod.C[int]
     list_alias1 = typing.List[int]
     list_alias2 = list[int]
     type_union1 = typing.Union[int, str]
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ def get_pydoc_link(module):
     "Returns a documentation web link of a module"
     abspath = os.path.abspath
     dirname = os.path.dirname
-    basedir = dirname(dirname(abspath(__file__)))
+    basedir = dirname(dirname(dirname(abspath(__file__))))
     doc = pydoc.TextDoc()
     loc = doc.getdocloc(module, basedir=basedir)
     return loc
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ def test_not_here(self):
 
     @requires_docstrings
     def test_not_ascii(self):
-        result = run_pydoc('test.test_pydoc.nonascii', PYTHONIOENCODING='ascii')
+        result = run_pydoc('test.test_pydoc.test_pydoc.nonascii', PYTHONIOENCODING='ascii')
         encoded = nonascii.__doc__.encode('ascii', 'backslashreplace')
         self.assertIn(encoded, result)
 
@@ -667,9 +667,9 @@ def test_help_output_redirect(self):
         buf = StringIO()
         helper = pydoc.Helper(output=buf)
         unused, doc_loc = get_pydoc_text(pydoc_mod)
-        module = "test.pydoc_mod"
+        module = "test.test_pydoc.pydoc_mod"
         help_header = """
-        Help on module test.pydoc_mod in test:
+        Help on module test.test_pydoc.pydoc_mod in test.test_pydoc:
 
         """.lstrip()
         help_header = textwrap.dedent(help_header)
@@ -1050,7 +1050,6 @@ class TestDescriptions(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_module(self):
         # Check that pydocfodder module can be described
-        from test import pydocfodder
         doc = pydoc.render_doc(pydocfodder)
         self.assertIn("pydocfodder", doc)
 
@@ -1229,7 +1228,7 @@ def cm(cls, x):
                          'cm(...)\n'
                          '    A class method\n')
         self.assertEqual(self._get_summary_lines(X.cm), """\
-cm(x) class method of test.test_pydoc.X
+cm(x) class method of test.test_pydoc.test_pydoc.X
     A class method
 """)
         self.assertIn("""
@@ -1411,19 +1410,19 @@ def test_text_doc_routines_in_class(self, cls=pydocfodder.B):
         lines = self.getsection(result, f' |  Methods {where}:', ' |  ' + '-'*70)
         self.assertIn(' |  A_method_alias = A_method(self)', lines)
         self.assertIn(' |  B_method_alias = B_method(self)', lines)
-        self.assertIn(' |  A_staticmethod(x, y) from test.pydocfodder.A', lines)
+        self.assertIn(' |  A_staticmethod(x, y) from test.test_pydoc.pydocfodder.A', lines)
         self.assertIn(' |  A_staticmethod_alias = A_staticmethod(x, y)', lines)
-        self.assertIn(' |  global_func(x, y) from test.pydocfodder', lines)
+        self.assertIn(' |  global_func(x, y) from test.test_pydoc.pydocfodder', lines)
         self.assertIn(' |  global_func_alias = global_func(x, y)', lines)
-        self.assertIn(' |  global_func2_alias = global_func2(x, y) from test.pydocfodder', lines)
+        self.assertIn(' |  global_func2_alias = global_func2(x, y) from test.test_pydoc.pydocfodder', lines)
         self.assertIn(' |  __repr__(self, /) from builtins.object', lines)
         self.assertIn(' |  object_repr = __repr__(self, /)', lines)
 
         lines = self.getsection(result, f' |  Static methods {where}:', ' |  ' + '-'*70)
-        self.assertIn(' |  A_classmethod_ref = A_classmethod(x) class method of test.pydocfodder.A', lines)
-        note = '' if cls is pydocfodder.B else ' class method of test.pydocfodder.B'
+        self.assertIn(' |  A_classmethod_ref = A_classmethod(x) class method of test.test_pydoc.pydocfodder.A', lines)
+        note = '' if cls is pydocfodder.B else ' class method of test.test_pydoc.pydocfodder.B'
         self.assertIn(' |  B_classmethod_ref = B_classmethod(x)' + note, lines)
-        self.assertIn(' |  A_method_ref = A_method() method of test.pydocfodder.A instance', lines)
+        self.assertIn(' |  A_method_ref = A_method() method of test.test_pydoc.pydocfodder.A instance', lines)
         self.assertIn(' |  get(key, default=None, /) method of builtins.dict instance', lines)
         self.assertIn(' |  dict_get = get(key, default=None, /) method of builtins.dict instance', lines)
 
@@ -1439,19 +1438,19 @@ def test_html_doc_routines_in_class(self, cls=pydocfodder.B):
         lines = self.getsection(result, f'Methods {where}:', '-'*70)
         self.assertIn('A_method_alias = A_method(self)', lines)
         self.assertIn('B_method_alias = B_method(self)', lines)
-        self.assertIn('A_staticmethod(x, y) from test.pydocfodder.A', lines)
+        self.assertIn('A_staticmethod(x, y) from test.test_pydoc.pydocfodder.A', lines)
         self.assertIn('A_staticmethod_alias = A_staticmethod(x, y)', lines)
-        self.assertIn('global_func(x, y) from test.pydocfodder', lines)
+        self.assertIn('global_func(x, y) from test.test_pydoc.pydocfodder', lines)
         self.assertIn('global_func_alias = global_func(x, y)', lines)
-        self.assertIn('global_func2_alias = global_func2(x, y) from test.pydocfodder', lines)
+        self.assertIn('global_func2_alias = global_func2(x, y) from test.test_pydoc.pydocfodder', lines)
         self.assertIn('__repr__(self, /) from builtins.object', lines)
         self.assertIn('object_repr = __repr__(self, /)', lines)
 
         lines = self.getsection(result, f'Static methods {where}:', '-'*70)
-        self.assertIn('A_classmethod_ref = A_classmethod(x) class method of test.pydocfodder.A', lines)
-        note = '' if cls is pydocfodder.B else ' class method of test.pydocfodder.B'
+        self.assertIn('A_classmethod_ref = A_classmethod(x) class method of test.test_pydoc.pydocfodder.A', lines)
+        note = '' if cls is pydocfodder.B else ' class method of test.test_pydoc.pydocfodder.B'
         self.assertIn('B_classmethod_ref = B_classmethod(x)' + note, lines)
-        self.assertIn('A_method_ref = A_method() method of test.pydocfodder.A instance', lines)
+        self.assertIn('A_method_ref = A_method() method of test.test_pydoc.pydocfodder.A instance', lines)
 
         lines = self.getsection(result, f'Class methods {where}:', '-'*70)
         self.assertIn('B_classmethod(x)', lines)
diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index dd5e69f7ab151e..f676035db1f9ae 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -2208,6 +2208,7 @@ TESTSUBDIRS=	idlelib/idle_test \
 		test/test_lib2to3/data/fixers/myfixes \
 		test/test_module \
 		test/test_peg_generator \
+		test/test_pydoc \
 		test/test_sqlite3 \
 		test/test_tkinter \
 		test/test_tomllib \