diff --git a/src/klayout.pro b/src/klayout.pro
index 2a3e1760a..2cbe8cb65 100644
--- a/src/klayout.pro
+++ b/src/klayout.pro
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ equals(HAVE_QTBINDINGS, "1") {
   SUBDIRS += gsiqt
   gsiqt.depends += gsi
   laybasic.depends += gsiqt
+  pymod.depends += gsiqt
 }
 
 plugins.depends += lay ext lib
diff --git a/src/pymod/pymodHelper.h b/src/pymod/pymodHelper.h
index 034b8efdf..b0faf530b 100644
--- a/src/pymod/pymodHelper.h
+++ b/src/pymod/pymodHelper.h
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ static PyObject *
 module_init (const char *mod_name, const char *mod_description)
 {
   static pya::PythonModule module;
-  std::string mod_qname (std::string ("klayout.") + mod_name);
-  std::string import_text ("'import " + mod_qname + "'");
+  std::string mod_qname (std::string ("pykl.") + mod_name);
   
   PYA_TRY