diff --git a/ports/unix/mpconfigport.h b/ports/unix/mpconfigport.h
index d0cc9e396e773..7360c5c09086f 100644
--- a/ports/unix/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/ports/unix/mpconfigport.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_LONGINT_IMPL        (MICROPY_LONGINT_IMPL_MPZ)
 #define MICROPY_STREAMS_NON_BLOCK   (1)
 #define MICROPY_STREAMS_POSIX_API   (1)
+#define MICROPY_MODULE_WEAK_LINKS   (1)
 #define MICROPY_OPT_COMPUTED_GOTO   (1)
 #ifndef MICROPY_OPT_CACHE_MAP_LOOKUP_IN_BYTECODE
 #define MICROPY_OPT_CACHE_MAP_LOOKUP_IN_BYTECODE (1)
diff --git a/ports/windows/mpconfigport.h b/ports/windows/mpconfigport.h
index 81464d72a7f13..2361c2647f07e 100644
--- a/ports/windows/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/ports/windows/mpconfigport.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_LONGINT_IMPL        (MICROPY_LONGINT_IMPL_MPZ)
 #define MICROPY_STREAMS_NON_BLOCK   (1)
 #define MICROPY_STREAMS_POSIX_API   (1)
+#define MICROPY_MODULE_WEAK_LINKS   (1)
 #define MICROPY_OPT_COMPUTED_GOTO   (0)
 #define MICROPY_OPT_CACHE_MAP_LOOKUP_IN_BYTECODE (1)
 #define MICROPY_CAN_OVERRIDE_BUILTINS (1)
diff --git a/py/builtin.h b/py/builtin.h
index 2066c0617396e..789f7d74c10e3 100644
--- a/py/builtin.h
+++ b/py/builtin.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ MP_DECLARE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(mp_op_delitem_obj);
 
 extern const mp_obj_module_t mp_module___main__;
 extern const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_builtins;
-extern const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_array;
+extern const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_uarray;
 extern const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_collections;
 extern const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_io;
 extern const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_math;
diff --git a/py/modarray.c b/py/modarray.c
index c0cdca9286f1f..a6bfb07ba846c 100644
--- a/py/modarray.c
+++ b/py/modarray.c
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@
 #if MICROPY_PY_ARRAY
 
 STATIC const mp_rom_map_elem_t mp_module_array_globals_table[] = {
-    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR___name__), MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_array) },
+    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR___name__), MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_uarray) },
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_array), MP_ROM_PTR(&mp_type_array) },
 };
 
 STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_DICT(mp_module_array_globals, mp_module_array_globals_table);
 
-const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_array = {
+const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_uarray = {
     .base = { &mp_type_module },
     .globals = (mp_obj_dict_t*)&mp_module_array_globals,
 };
diff --git a/py/objmodule.c b/py/objmodule.c
index 3a00b7ddc1aeb..4548194d3d240 100644
--- a/py/objmodule.c
+++ b/py/objmodule.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ STATIC const mp_rom_map_elem_t mp_builtin_module_table[] = {
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_micropython), MP_ROM_PTR(&mp_module_micropython) },
 
 #if MICROPY_PY_ARRAY
-    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_array), MP_ROM_PTR(&mp_module_array) },
+    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_uarray), MP_ROM_PTR(&mp_module_uarray) },
 #endif
 #if MICROPY_PY_IO
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_uio), MP_ROM_PTR(&mp_module_io) },
@@ -232,6 +232,11 @@ MP_DEFINE_CONST_MAP(mp_builtin_module_map, mp_builtin_module_table);
 
 #if MICROPY_MODULE_WEAK_LINKS
 STATIC const mp_rom_map_elem_t mp_builtin_module_weak_links_table[] = {
+    #if MICROPY_PY_ARRAY
+    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_array), MP_ROM_PTR(&mp_module_uarray) },
+    #endif
+
+    // extra weak links as defined by a port
     MICROPY_PORT_BUILTIN_MODULE_WEAK_LINKS
 };