diff --git a/evtk/__init__.py b/evtk/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7816d09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evtk/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from pyevtk import *
+
+import warnings
+warnings.warn('the "evtk" package is deprecated, use "pyevtk" instead', DeprecationWarning)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d46a964..039155b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def readme(fname):
     maintainer='Adamos Kyriakou',
     maintainer_email='somada141@gmail.com',
     url='https://bitbucket.org/pauloh/pyevtk',
-    packages=['pyevtk'],
+    packages=['pyevtk', 'evtk'],
     package_dir={'pyevtk': 'pyevtk'},
     package_data={'pyevtk': ['LICENSE.txt', 'examples/*.py']},
     install_requires=[
diff --git a/tests/dummy.py b/tests/dummy.py
index dc4db39..f4c730f 100644
--- a/tests/dummy.py
+++ b/tests/dummy.py
@@ -15,3 +15,14 @@ def test_examples():
         examples = [os.path.join(root, f) for f in files if f.endswith('.py')]
         for ex in examples:
             runpy.run_path(ex)
+
+
+def test_compat_lib():
+    with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning):
+        import evtk
+    import pyevtk
+    assert pyevtk.evtk is evtk.evtk
+    assert pyevtk.hl is evtk.hl
+    assert pyevtk.vtk is evtk.vtk
+    assert pyevtk.xml is evtk.xml
+