diff --git a/src/python/jw/pkg/Makefile b/src/python/jw/pkg/Makefile
index 59b3ac1f..8785ac23 100644
--- a/src/python/jw/pkg/Makefile
+++ b/src/python/jw/pkg/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 TOPDIR = ../../../..
 
+PY_UPDATE_INIT_PY ?= false
+
 include $(TOPDIR)/make/proj.mk
 include $(JWBDIR)/make/py-mod.mk
diff --git a/src/python/jw/pkg/__init__.py b/src/python/jw/pkg/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b