diff --git a/make/py-mod.mk b/make/py-mod.mk
index d61856ac..cf8ae627 100644
--- a/make/py-mod.mk
+++ b/make/py-mod.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ ifneq ($(PY_SYMBOL_FILTER),)
 	PY_GENERATE_INIT_PY += --symbol-filter "$(PY_SYMBOL_FILTER)"
 endif
 
+PY_INIT_SUBMODULES          ?=
+ifneq ($(PY_INIT_SUBMODULES),)
+	PY_GENERATE_INIT_PY += --submodules "$(PY_INIT_SUBMODULES)"
+endif
+
 #leftparen                  := (
 #PY_EXPORT                  ?= $(shell sed '/\(class\|def\) ..*\# *export/ !d; s/\(class\|def\) *//; s/[$(leftparen):].*//' $(PY_SRC_PY))
 
diff --git a/scripts/python-tools.sh b/scripts/python-tools.sh
index 657204da..8d2e593d 100644
--- a/scripts/python-tools.sh
+++ b/scripts/python-tools.sh
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ cmd_create_init()
 			done
 		done
 	fi
+
+	local submodule
+	for submodule in $submodules; do
+		echo "from . import $submodule as $submodule"
+		__add_seen $submodule
+	done
+
 	if [ "$import_submodules" = 1 ]; then
 		for f in $files; do
 			[ -f $f/__init__.py ] || continue
@@ -90,7 +97,8 @@ cmd_create_init()
 
 myname=`basename $0`
 
-eval set -- `getopt -l 'symbol-filter:,extract-filter:,module:' -o 'he:m:' "$@"`
+submodules=""
+eval set -- `getopt -l 'symbol-filter:,extract-filter:,module:,submodules:' -o 'he:m:' "$@"`
 while [ "$1" != -- ]; do
 case $1 in
 	-e|--extract-filter)
@@ -105,6 +113,10 @@ case $1 in
 		module=$2
 		shift
 		;;
+	-m|--submodules)
+		submodules="$submodules $2"
+		shift
+		;;
 	-h|--help)
 		usage 0
 		;;