diff --git a/Pmodules/modulecmd.bash.in b/Pmodules/modulecmd.bash.in
index 9e48cf1..099a18d 100644
--- a/Pmodules/modulecmd.bash.in
+++ b/Pmodules/modulecmd.bash.in
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ export_env() {
 		csh | tcsh )
 			local -r fmt="setenv %s \"%s\"; "
 			;;
+		python )
+			local -r fmt="os.environ['%s'] = '%s'\n"
+			;;
 		* )
 			std::die 1 "Unsupported shell -- ${Shell}"
 			;;
@@ -2838,6 +2841,9 @@ case "$1" in
 	csh | tcsh )
 		declare Shell='csh'
 		;;
+	python )
+		declare Shell='python'
+		;;
 	* )
 		std::die 1 "${CMD}: unsupported shell -- $1"
 		;;
diff --git a/build b/build
index a5b591b..4c442c3 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ build::install() {
 	install -m 0644 "${SRC_DIR}/bash"		"${PREFIX}/init"
 	install -m 0644 "${SRC_DIR}/bash_completion"	"${PREFIX}/init"
 	install -m 0644 "${SRC_DIR}/csh"		"${PREFIX}/init"
+	install -m 0644 "${SRC_DIR}/Pmodules.py"	"${PREFIX}/init"
 	install -m 0644 "${SRC_DIR}/zsh"		"${PREFIX}/init"
 
 	install -m 0644 "${SRC_DIR}/libpbuild.bash"	"${PREFIX}/lib"