diff --git a/Lib/guile/swigrun.i b/Lib/guile/swigrun.i
index eec8a2bb4..4b9ea2c79 100644
--- a/Lib/guile/swigrun.i
+++ b/Lib/guile/swigrun.i
@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@
 
 #ifdef SWIGGUILE_SCM
 
+/* Hook the runtime module initialization
+   into the shared initialization function SWIG_Guile_Init. */
+%runtime %{
+/* Hook the runtime module initialization
+   into the shared initialization function SWIG_Guile_Init. */
+#include <libguile.h>
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+SCM scm_init_Swig_swigrun_module (void);
+#define SWIG_INIT_RUNTIME_MODULE scm_init_Swig_swigrun_module();
+%}
+
 /* The runtime type system from common.swg */
 
 typedef struct swig_type_info swig_type_info;