Index: lldb/trunk/scripts/lldb.swig
===================================================================
--- lldb/trunk/scripts/lldb.swig
+++ lldb/trunk/scripts/lldb.swig
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@
 */
 %define MODULEIMPORT
 "try:
-    # Try a relative import first
-    from . import $module
+    # Try an absolute import first.  If we're being loaded from lldb,
+    # _lldb should be a built-in module.
+    import $module
 except ImportError:
-    # Maybe absolute import will work (if we're being loaded from lldb, it
-    # should).
-    import $module"
+    # Relative import should work if we are being loaded by Python.
+    from . import $module"
 %enddef
 // These versions will not generate working python modules, so error out early.
 #if SWIG_VERSION >= 0x030009 && SWIG_VERSION < 0x030011
Index: lldb/trunk/source/Plugins/ScriptInterpreter/Python/ScriptInterpreterPython.cpp
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--- lldb/trunk/source/Plugins/ScriptInterpreter/Python/ScriptInterpreterPython.cpp
+++ lldb/trunk/source/Plugins/ScriptInterpreter/Python/ScriptInterpreterPython.cpp
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@
 
     InitializePythonHome();
 
+    // Register _lldb as a built-in module.
+    PyImport_AppendInittab("_lldb", g_swig_init_callback);
+
 // Python < 3.2 and Python >= 3.2 reversed the ordering requirements for
 // calling `Py_Initialize` and `PyEval_InitThreads`.  < 3.2 requires that you
 // call `PyEval_InitThreads` first, and >= 3.2 requires that you call it last.