diff --git a/lib/modules/Mysql.pmod/module.pmod b/lib/modules/Mysql.pmod/module.pmod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5023fa8fd64fc2737e64f2e6021f2150a4ea53cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/modules/Mysql.pmod/module.pmod
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#pike __REAL_VERSION__
+
+#if constant (___Mysql)
+
+inherit ___Mysql;
+
+#else  // !___Mysql
+constant this_program_does_not_exist = 1;
+#endif
diff --git a/src/modules/Mysql/configure.in b/src/modules/Mysql/configure.in
index da8bcdc69d4fc890b4819ef6630f746f8f40abcf..0a25da1c5feda67e229ea89182524f79433bd95a 100644
--- a/src/modules/Mysql/configure.in
+++ b/src/modules/Mysql/configure.in
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 AC_MODULE_INIT()
 
+# ___Mysql.so is wrapped by lib/modules/Mysql.pmod.
+MODULE_WRAPPER_PREFIX="___"
+
 PIKE_FEATURE_WITHOUT(Mysql)
 
 OLD_LIBS=$LIBS