diff --git a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KX_PythonInit.cpp b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KX_PythonInit.cpp
index cd0bcefff3b..5e109770fee 100644
--- a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KX_PythonInit.cpp
+++ b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KX_PythonInit.cpp
@@ -1957,6 +1957,9 @@ void setupGamePython(KX_KetsjiEngine* ketsjiengine, KX_Scene* startscene, Main *
 #ifdef WITH_FFMPEG
 	initVideoTexture();
 #endif
+
+	/* could be done a lot more nicely, but for now a quick way to get bge.* working */
+	PyRun_SimpleString("__import__('sys').modules['bge']=[mod for mod in (type(__builtins__)('bge'), ) if mod.__dict__.update({'logic':__import__('GameLogic'), 'render':__import__('Rasterizer'), 'keys':__import__('GameKeys'), 'constraints':__import__('PhysicsConstraints'), 'types':__import__('GameTypes')}) is None][0]");
 }
 
 static struct PyModuleDef Rasterizer_module_def = {