diff --git a/__pkginfo__.py b/__pkginfo__.py
index 434e5a30b61aa97a0ae3fe36cad4ea0a0c6f6ec5_X19wa2dpbmZvX18ucHk=..924e0c094d14521f7ff3e2c489b809799841e492_X19wa2dpbmZvX18ucHk= 100644
--- a/__pkginfo__.py
+++ b/__pkginfo__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 """cubicweb-comment packaging information"""
 
 distname = "cubicweb-comment"
+modname = distname.split('-', 1)[1]
 
 numversion = (1, 3, 1)
 version = '.'.join(str(num) for num in numversion)