diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index deda9a53a..0c28f7b22 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 *.gcda
 *.gcno
 *.gcov
+*.pyc
 Makefile
 aclocal.m4
 autom4te.cache
diff --git a/libmount/python/libmount/__init__.py b/libmount/python/libmount/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..243c639bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libmount/python/libmount/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+from pylibmount import *
+