diff --git a/utils/mt5311/Makefile b/utils/mt5311/Makefile
index a0d43695bd..3aca750705 100644
--- a/utils/mt5311/Makefile
+++ b/utils/mt5311/Makefile
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ define Package/mt5311/install
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ebm.lua $(1)/usr/lib/lua/mt5311/
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/register.lua $(1)/usr/lib/lua/mt5311/
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/register.map $(1)/usr/lib/lua/mt5311/
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/init.lua $(1)/usr/lib/lua/mt5311/
 
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/ebm-read $(1)/usr/bin/
diff --git a/utils/mt5311/files/init.lua b/utils/mt5311/files/init.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6402c517d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/mt5311/files/init.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+-- mt5311 init file, makes mt5311 importable as module 
+
+local dir = '/usr/lib/lua/mt5311/'
+local file = dir .. 'ebm.lua'
+arg={}
+arg[0] = file
+
+mt5311 = assert(loadfile(file))(arg)
+
+return mt5311
+