diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 86149c5..f209bf4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 rpm/
 *~
 *.o
+*.py[co]
diff --git a/core/__init__.py b/core/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/rpm_spec/qubes-utils.spec b/rpm_spec/qubes-utils.spec
index 87db67b..da5dc7f 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/qubes-utils.spec
+++ b/rpm_spec/qubes-utils.spec
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_sbindir}/meminfo-writer
 %{_unitdir}/qubes-meminfo-writer.service
 %{_unitdir}/qubes-meminfo-writer-dom0.service
+%{python_sitearch}/qubes/__init__.py
+%{python_sitearch}/qubes/__init__.pyc
+%{python_sitearch}/qubes/__init__.pyo
 %attr(0755,root,root) %{python_sitearch}/qubes/imgconverter.py
 %{python_sitearch}/qubes/imgconverter.pyc
 %{python_sitearch}/qubes/imgconverter.pyo