diff --git a/Tools/msi/distutils.command.__init__.py b/Tools/msi/distutils.command.__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83f34b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tools/msi/distutils.command.__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+"""distutils.command
+
+Package containing implementation of all the standard Distutils
+commands."""
+
+__all__ = ['build',
+           'build_py',
+           'build_ext',
+           'build_clib',
+           'build_scripts',
+           'clean',
+           'install',
+           'install_lib',
+           'install_headers',
+           'install_scripts',
+           'install_data',
+           'sdist',
+           'register',
+           'bdist',
+           'bdist_dumb',
+           'bdist_rpm',
+           # This command is not included in this package
+           #'bdist_wininst',
+           'check',
+           'upload',
+           # These two are reserved for future use:
+           #'bdist_sdux',
+           #'bdist_pkgtool',
+           # Note:
+           # bdist_packager is not included because it only provides
+           # an abstract base class
+          ]
diff --git a/Tools/msi/make_zip.py b/Tools/msi/make_zip.py
index 0e8a4a6..460cd5b 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/make_zip.py
+++ b/Tools/msi/make_zip.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import os
 import tempfile
 
+from itertools import chain
 from pathlib import Path
 from zipfile import ZipFile, ZIP_DEFLATED
 import subprocess
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@
     if name in EXCLUDE_FILE_FROM_LIBRARY:
         return False
 
+    # Special code is included below to patch this file back in
+    if [d.lower() for d in p.parts[-3:]] == ['distutils', 'command', '__init__.py']:
+        return False
+
     suffix = p.suffix.lower()
     return suffix not in {'.pyc', '.pyo', '.exe'}
 
@@ -203,10 +208,17 @@
     try:
         for t, s, p, c in layout:
             if s == '$build':
-                s = build
+                fs = build
             else:
-                s = source / s
-            copied = copy_to_layout(temp / t.rstrip('/'), rglob(s, p, c))
+                fs = source / s
+            files = rglob(fs, p, c)
+            extra_files = []
+            if s == 'Lib' and p == '**/*':
+                extra_files.append((
+                    source / 'tools' / 'msi' / 'distutils.command.__init__.py',
+                    Path('distutils') / 'command' / '__init__.py'
+                ))
+            copied = copy_to_layout(temp / t.rstrip('/'), chain(files, extra_files))
             print('Copied {} files'.format(copied))
 
         with open(str(temp / 'pyvenv.cfg'), 'w') as f: