diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad83af9..8a951d3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 !.*.yml
 
 # Automatically generated by setup.py
-__init__.py
+/__init__.py
 
 env/
 build/
diff --git a/plugins/__init__.py b/plugins/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ed1fb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Stub so that pylinkirc.plugins is a module
diff --git a/protocols/__init__.py b/protocols/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a25b70a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Stub so that pylinkirc.protocols is a module