diff --git a/example/example/__init__.py b/example/example/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fa84e47ee529b348bfcf12c1c64433e3c127dde4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/example/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import logging
+import typing as tp
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
diff --git a/example/example.pyx b/example/example/example.pyx
similarity index 100%
rename from example/example.pyx
rename to example/example/example.pyx
diff --git a/example/setup.py b/example/setup.py
index 1f05629d2bf9975450fe12189556252f29bd73a3..322f90efa76e42ac45a57359bc096481f35a3718 100644
--- a/example/setup.py
+++ b/example/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ cython_multibuilds = [
     Multibuild('example_module', ['example_module/test.pyx', 'example_module/test2.pyx',
                                   'example_module/test3/test3.pyx',
                                   'example_module/test_n.c']),
-    Extension('example', ['example.pyx'])
+    Extension('example.example', ['example/example.pyx'])
 ]
 
 # first argument is used directly by snakehouse, the rest and **kwargs are passed to
diff --git a/example/tests/test_test.py b/example/tests/test_test.py
index fdd367512b5014cd1a78b236f9432cb2c0a749d8..7466f099f984411e9de3a165015ff786e1600915 100644
--- a/example/tests/test_test.py
+++ b/example/tests/test_test.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from example_module.test import times_two
 from example_module.test2 import times_three, times_five
 from example_module.test3.test3 import times_four
-from example import test
+from example.example import test
 import unittest