diff --git a/swig/Source/Modules/python.cxx b/swig/Source/Modules/python.cxx
index a6801fc..7aa08ba 100644
--- a/swig/Source/Modules/python.cxx
+++ b/swig/Source/Modules/python.cxx
@@ -846,7 +846,8 @@ public:
       Printv(default_import_code, "if _swig_python_version_info >= (2, 7, 0):\n", NULL);
       Printv(default_import_code, tab4, "def swig_import_helper():\n", NULL);
       Printv(default_import_code, tab8, "import importlib\n", NULL);
-      Printv(default_import_code, tab8, "pkg = __name__.rpartition('.')[0]\n", NULL);
+      Printv(default_import_code, tab8, "pkg_parts = __name__.rpartition('.')\n", NULL);
+      Printv(default_import_code, tab8, "pkg = pkg_parts[0] if pkg_parts[1] == '.' else pkg_parts[2]\n", NULL);
       Printf(default_import_code, tab8 "mname = '.'.join((pkg, '%s')).lstrip('.')\n", module);
       Printv(default_import_code, tab8, "try:\n", NULL);
       Printv(default_import_code, tab8, tab4, "return importlib.import_module(mname)\n", NULL);