diff --git a/base/exports.jl b/base/exports.jl
index 24b1ddb52f5e73..88933dad882caf 100644
--- a/base/exports.jl
+++ b/base/exports.jl
@@ -993,7 +993,6 @@ export
     @timev,
     @elapsed,
     @allocated,
-    @time_imports,
 
     # tasks
     @sync,
diff --git a/base/timing.jl b/base/timing.jl
index a505db0f82af26..7af6f038ba6ea0 100644
--- a/base/timing.jl
+++ b/base/timing.jl
@@ -371,45 +371,3 @@ macro timed(ex)
         (value=val, time=elapsedtime/1e9, bytes=diff.allocd, gctime=diff.total_time/1e9, gcstats=diff)
     end
 end
-
-"""
-    @time_imports
-
-A macro to execute an expression and produce a report of any time spent importing packages and their
-dependencies.
-
-If a package's dependencies have already been imported either globally or by another dependency they will
-not appear under that package and the package will accurately report a faster load time than if it were to
-be loaded in isolation.
-
-```julia-repl
-julia> @time_imports using CSV
-      3.5 ms    ┌ IteratorInterfaceExtensions
-     27.4 ms  ┌ TableTraits
-    614.0 ms  ┌ SentinelArrays
-    138.6 ms  ┌ Parsers
-      2.7 ms  ┌ DataValueInterfaces
-      3.4 ms    ┌ DataAPI
-     59.0 ms  ┌ WeakRefStrings
-     35.4 ms  ┌ Tables
-     49.5 ms  ┌ PooledArrays
-    972.1 ms  CSV
-```
-
-!!! note
-    During the load process a package sequentially imports where necessary all of its dependencies, not just
-    its direct dependencies. That is also true for the dependencies themselves so nested importing will likely
-    occur, but not always. Therefore the nesting shown in this output report is not equivalent to the dependency
-    tree, but does indicate where import time has accumulated.
-
-"""
-macro time_imports(ex)
-    quote
-        try
-            LOAD_TIMING[Threads.threadid()] += 1
-            $(esc(ex))
-        finally
-            LOAD_TIMING[Threads.threadid()] -= 1
-        end
-    end
-end
diff --git a/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/docs/src/index.md b/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/docs/src/index.md
index 71499744ecb1d2..9ad4b5a7cea80b 100644
--- a/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/docs/src/index.md
+++ b/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/docs/src/index.md
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ InteractiveUtils.code_llvm
 InteractiveUtils.@code_llvm
 InteractiveUtils.code_native
 InteractiveUtils.@code_native
+InteractiveUtils.@time_imports
 InteractiveUtils.clipboard
 ```
diff --git a/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/InteractiveUtils.jl b/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/InteractiveUtils.jl
index 6f8ba9ea0b0802..6eb75e8c0b685c 100644
--- a/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/InteractiveUtils.jl
+++ b/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/InteractiveUtils.jl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Base.Experimental.@optlevel 1
 
 export apropos, edit, less, code_warntype, code_llvm, code_native, methodswith, varinfo,
     versioninfo, subtypes, supertypes, @which, @edit, @less, @functionloc, @code_warntype,
-    @code_typed, @code_lowered, @code_llvm, @code_native, clipboard
+    @code_typed, @code_lowered, @code_llvm, @code_native, @time_imports, clipboard
 
 import Base.Docs.apropos
 
diff --git a/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/macros.jl b/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/macros.jl
index 98c47f02f27071..9de51870353e57 100644
--- a/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/macros.jl
+++ b/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/macros.jl
@@ -232,6 +232,17 @@ macro code_lowered(ex0...)
     end
 end
 
+macro time_imports(ex)
+    quote
+        try
+            Base.LOAD_TIMING[Threads.threadid()] += 1
+            $(esc(ex))
+        finally
+            Base.LOAD_TIMING[Threads.threadid()] -= 1
+        end
+    end
+end
+
 """
     @functionloc
 
@@ -332,3 +343,36 @@ Set the optional keyword argument `debuginfo` by putting it before the function
 `debuginfo` may be one of `:source` (default) or `:none`, to specify the verbosity of code comments.
 """
 :@code_native
+
+"""
+    @time_imports
+
+A macro to execute an expression and produce a report of any time spent importing packages and their
+dependencies.
+
+If a package's dependencies have already been imported either globally or by another dependency they will
+not appear under that package and the package will accurately report a faster load time than if it were to
+be loaded in isolation.
+
+```julia-repl
+julia> @time_imports using CSV
+      3.5 ms    ┌ IteratorInterfaceExtensions
+     27.4 ms  ┌ TableTraits
+    614.0 ms  ┌ SentinelArrays
+    138.6 ms  ┌ Parsers
+      2.7 ms  ┌ DataValueInterfaces
+      3.4 ms    ┌ DataAPI
+     59.0 ms  ┌ WeakRefStrings
+     35.4 ms  ┌ Tables
+     49.5 ms  ┌ PooledArrays
+    972.1 ms  CSV
+```
+
+!!! note
+    During the load process a package sequentially imports where necessary all of its dependencies, not just
+    its direct dependencies. That is also true for the dependencies themselves so nested importing will likely
+    occur, but not always. Therefore the nesting shown in this output report is not equivalent to the dependency
+    tree, but does indicate where import time has accumulated.
+
+"""
+:@time_imports