diff --git a/Lib/javascript/jsc/javascriptcode.swg b/Lib/javascript/jsc/javascriptcode.swg
index 000733ea7..0ad1e364d 100644
--- a/Lib/javascript/jsc/javascriptcode.swg
+++ b/Lib/javascript/jsc/javascriptcode.swg
@@ -244,6 +244,10 @@ int $jswrapper(JSContextRef context, JSObjectRef function, JSObjectRef thisObjec
   }
 %}
 
+%fragment ("js_initializer_define", "templates") %{
+#define SWIGJSC_INIT $jsname_initialize
+%}
+
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * js_initializer:  template for the module initializer function
  *   - $jsname:                   module name
@@ -256,7 +260,7 @@ int $jswrapper(JSContextRef context, JSObjectRef function, JSObjectRef thisObjec
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-bool $jsname_initialize(JSGlobalContextRef context) {
+bool SWIGJSC_INIT (JSGlobalContextRef context) {
     SWIG_InitializeModule(0);
 
     JSObjectRef global_object = JSContextGetGlobalObject(context);
diff --git a/Source/Modules/javascript.cxx b/Source/Modules/javascript.cxx
index 90300a24f..f0b8c472a 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/javascript.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/javascript.cxx
@@ -1407,6 +1407,9 @@ int JSCEmitter::dump(Node *n) {
   // write the swig banner
   Swig_banner(f_wrap_cpp);
 
+  Template initializer_define(getTemplate("js_initializer_define"));
+  initializer_define.replace(T_NAME, module).pretty_print(f_header);
+
   SwigType_emit_type_table(f_runtime, f_wrappers);
 
   Printv(f_wrap_cpp, f_runtime, "\n", 0);
@@ -1414,7 +1417,7 @@ int JSCEmitter::dump(Node *n) {
   Printv(f_wrap_cpp, f_wrappers, "\n", 0);
 
   emitNamespaces();
-
+  
   // compose the initializer function using a template
   Template initializer(getTemplate("js_initializer"));
   initializer.replace(T_NAME, module)