diff --git a/src/nacl/c/lib/__init__.py b/src/nacl/c/lib/__init__.py
index c5454c4a1ca98b87767f2180555e351f9f44fb38..31505cc9cfe5270c15efe6338ffb360a3c6dac4c 100644
--- a/src/nacl/c/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/src/nacl/c/lib/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ import os.path
 
 import six
 
+# We need to import this prior to importing cffi to fix prebuilding the
+#   extension modules
+from nacl import _cffi_fix
+
 from cffi import FFI