diff --git a/hy/importer.py b/hy/importer.py
index e588f1d..a81d27b 100644
--- a/hy/importer.py
+++ b/hy/importer.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2013 Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org>
-# Copyright (c) 2013 Bob Tolbert <bob@tolbert.org>
+# Copyright (c) 2013, 2014 Bob Tolbert <bob@tolbert.org>
 #
 # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
 # copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
@@ -209,5 +209,5 @@ class MetaImporter(object):
             return MetaLoader(path)
 
 
-sys.meta_path.append(MetaImporter())
+sys.meta_path.insert(0, MetaImporter())
 sys.path.insert(0, "")
diff --git a/tests/native_tests/core.hy b/tests/native_tests/core.hy
index dcdb59b..2e92545 100644
--- a/tests/native_tests/core.hy
+++ b/tests/native_tests/core.hy
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;; Copyright (c) 2013 Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org>
-;; Copyright (c) 2013 Bob Tolbert <bob@tolbert.org>
+;; Copyright (c) 2013, 2014 Bob Tolbert <bob@tolbert.org>
 
 ;; Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
 ;; copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
@@ -597,3 +597,8 @@
   (assert (not (keyword? ":foo")))
   (assert (not (keyword? 1)))
   (assert (not (keyword? nil))))
+
+(defn test-import-init-hy []
+  "NATIVE: testing import of __init__.hy"
+  (import tests.resources.bin)
+  (assert (in "_null_fn_for_import_test" (dir tests.resources.bin))))
diff --git a/tests/resources/bin/__init__.hy b/tests/resources/bin/__init__.hy
index e69de29..ddb8095 100644
--- a/tests/resources/bin/__init__.hy
+++ b/tests/resources/bin/__init__.hy
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+(defn -null-fn-for-import-test []
+  pass)