diff --git a/Lib/importlib.py b/Lib/importlib/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/importlib.py
rename to Lib/importlib/__init__.py
diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index e69157b74f4..16c3df4111f 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ LIBSUBDIRS=	lib-tk site-packages test test/output test/data \
 		email email/mime email/test email/test/data \
 		json json/tests \
 		sqlite3 sqlite3/test \
-		logging bsddb bsddb/test csv wsgiref \
+		logging bsddb bsddb/test csv importlib wsgiref \
 		lib2to3 lib2to3/fixes lib2to3/pgen2 lib2to3/tests \
 		ctypes ctypes/test ctypes/macholib idlelib idlelib/Icons \
 		distutils distutils/command distutils/tests $(XMLLIBSUBDIRS) \