diff --git a/Modules/config.c.in b/Modules/config.c.in
index 08358db41aa..106b084978d 100644
--- a/Modules/config.c.in
+++ b/Modules/config.c.in
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct _inittab _PyImport_Inittab[] = {
 	{"__main__", NULL},
 	{"__builtin__", NULL},
 	{"sys", NULL},
+	{"exceptions", NULL},
 
 	/* Sentinel */
 	{0, 0}