diff --git a/src/import.cpp b/src/import.cpp
index 9686ab2f..1a066dfb 100644
--- a/src/import.cpp
+++ b/src/import.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ object BOOST_PYTHON_DECL import(str name)
 {
   // should be 'char const *' but older python versions don't use 'const' yet.
   char *n = python::extract<char *>(name);
-  python::handle<> module(python::borrowed(PyImport_AddModule(n)));
+  python::handle<> module(python::borrowed(PyImport_ImportModule(n)));
   return python::object(module);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/Jamfile.v2 b/test/Jamfile.v2
index e32792a4..743ca4d3 100644
--- a/test/Jamfile.v2
+++ b/test/Jamfile.v2
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ bpl-test crossmod_opaque
     /boost/python//boost_python ]
 [ bpl-test  
     map_indexing_suite : map_indexing_suite.py map_indexing_suite_ext ]
+[ py-run import_.cpp ]
 
 # if $(TEST_BIENSTMAN_NON_BUGS)
 # {