diff --git a/Include/import.h b/Include/import.h
index 4efeda2bc75..4ddbd4c19dd 100644
--- a/Include/import.h
+++ b/Include/import.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct _inittab {
 
 /* This table is defined in config.c: */
 
-extern struct _inittab inittab[];
+extern struct _inittab _PyImport_Inittab[];
 
 struct _frozen {
 	char *name;
diff --git a/Modules/config.c.in b/Modules/config.c.in
index 9bd4fd3770d..88cf3f86b09 100644
--- a/Modules/config.c.in
+++ b/Modules/config.c.in
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 extern void PyMarshal_Init();
 extern void initimp();
 
-struct _inittab inittab[] = {
+struct _inittab _PyImport_Inittab[] = {
 
 /* -- ADDMODULE MARKER 2 -- */