diff --git a/src/SConscript b/src/SConscript
index bb6f26fc1..02b3c28d4 100755
--- a/src/SConscript
+++ b/src/SConscript
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ class SwigSource(SourceFile):
         modname,ext = self.extname
         assert ext == 'i'
 
+        self.package = package
         self.module = modname
         cc_file = joinpath(self.dirname, modname + '_wrap.cc')
         py_file = joinpath(self.dirname, modname + '.py')
@@ -816,19 +817,27 @@ for name,simobj in sorted(sim_objects.iteritems()):
     SwigSource('m5.internal', i_file)
 
 # Generate the main swig init file
-def makeEmbeddedSwigInit(target, source, env):
-    code = code_formatter()
-    module = source[0].get_contents()
-    code('''\
-#include "sim/init.hh"
+def makeEmbeddedSwigInit(package):
+    def body(target, source, env):
+        assert len(target) == 1 and len(source) == 1
 
-extern "C" {
-    void init_${module}();
-}
+        code = code_formatter()
+        module = source[0].get_contents()
+        # Provide the full context so that the swig-generated call to
+        # Py_InitModule ends up placing the embedded module in the
+        # right package.
+        context = str(package) + "._" + str(module)
+        code('''\
+        #include "sim/init.hh"
 
-EmbeddedSwig embed_swig_${module}(init_${module});
-''')
-    code.write(str(target[0]))
+        extern "C" {
+            void init_${module}();
+        }
+
+        EmbeddedSwig embed_swig_${module}(init_${module}, "${context}");
+        ''')
+        code.write(str(target[0]))
+    return body
 
 # Build all swig modules
 for swig in SwigSource.all:
@@ -838,7 +847,8 @@ for swig in SwigSource.all:
     cc_file = str(swig.tnode)
     init_file = '%s/%s_init.cc' % (dirname(cc_file), basename(cc_file))
     env.Command(init_file, Value(swig.module),
-                MakeAction(makeEmbeddedSwigInit, Transform("EMBED SW")))
+                MakeAction(makeEmbeddedSwigInit(swig.package),
+                           Transform("EMBED SW")))
     env.Depends(SWIG, init_file)
     Source(init_file, **swig.guards)
 
diff --git a/src/sim/init.cc b/src/sim/init.cc
index 0a15c384d..2e1dd629c 100644
--- a/src/sim/init.cc
+++ b/src/sim/init.cc
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ EmbeddedPython::initAll()
     return 0;
 }
 
-EmbeddedSwig::EmbeddedSwig(void (*init_func)())
-    : initFunc(init_func)
+EmbeddedSwig::EmbeddedSwig(void (*init_func)(), const string& _context)
+    : initFunc(init_func), context(_context)
 {
     getList().push_back(this);
 }
@@ -164,12 +164,22 @@ EmbeddedSwig::getList()
 void
 EmbeddedSwig::initAll()
 {
-    // initialize SWIG modules.  initSwig() is autogenerated and calls
+    char* old_context = _Py_PackageContext;
+    // initialize SWIG modules. initFunc() is autogenerated and calls
     // all of the individual swig initialization functions.
-    list<EmbeddedSwig *>::iterator i = getList().begin();
-    list<EmbeddedSwig *>::iterator end = getList().end();
-    for (; i != end; ++i)
-        (*i)->initFunc();
+    for (auto i : getList()) {
+        // to ensure that the loaded modules are placed in the right
+        // package we have to be a bit unorthodox and directly
+        // manipulate the package context since swig simply calls
+        // Py_InitModule with nothing but the module name of the
+        // wrapper
+        char* cstr = new char[i->context.size() + 1];
+        strcpy(cstr, i->context.c_str());
+        _Py_PackageContext = cstr;
+        i->initFunc();
+        delete[] cstr;
+    }
+    _Py_PackageContext = old_context;
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/src/sim/init.hh b/src/sim/init.hh
index 766cb4365..2bbcd23da 100644
--- a/src/sim/init.hh
+++ b/src/sim/init.hh
@@ -33,10 +33,8 @@
 
 #include <Python.h>
 
-/*
- * Data structure describing an embedded python file.
- */
 #include <list>
+#include <string>
 
 #include <inttypes.h>
 
@@ -45,6 +43,9 @@ struct _object;
 typedef _object PyObject;
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Data structure describing an embedded python file.
+ */
 struct EmbeddedPython
 {
     const char *filename;
@@ -70,7 +71,9 @@ struct EmbeddedSwig
 {
     void (*initFunc)();
 
-    EmbeddedSwig(void (*init_func)());
+    std::string context;
+
+    EmbeddedSwig(void (*init_func)(), const std::string& _context);
 
     static std::list<EmbeddedSwig *> &getList();
     static void initAll();