diff --git a/sopel_SpiceBot/__init__.py b/sopel_SpiceBot/__init__.py
index 1766905..051b0d9 100644
--- a/sopel_SpiceBot/__init__.py
+++ b/sopel_SpiceBot/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ from sopel import plugin
 
 from .SBCore import SpiceBotCore_OBJ
 
+__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
+
 SCRIPT_DIR = pathlib.Path(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
 sb = SpiceBotCore_OBJ(SCRIPT_DIR)