diff --git a/lldb/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt b/lldb/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
index ef6def3f26872..de3ea7091ad1f 100644
--- a/lldb/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lldb/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ endfunction()
 function(finish_swig_python swig_target lldb_python_bindings_dir lldb_python_target_dir)
   # Add a Post-Build Event to copy over Python files and create the symlink to
   # liblldb.so for the Python API(hardlink on Windows).
+  # Note that Swig-generated code is located one level deeper in the `native`
+  # module, in order to avoid cyclic importing.
   add_custom_target(${swig_target} ALL VERBATIM
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${lldb_python_target_dir}
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${lldb_python_target_dir}/native/
     DEPENDS ${lldb_python_bindings_dir}/lldb.py
     COMMENT "Python script sym-linking LLDB Python API")
 
@@ -75,6 +77,8 @@ function(finish_swig_python swig_target lldb_python_bindings_dir lldb_python_tar
       "${LLDB_SOURCE_DIR}/source/Interpreter/embedded_interpreter.py"
       "${lldb_python_target_dir}")
 
+  create_python_package(${swig_target} ${lldb_python_target_dir} "native" FILES)
+
   # Distribute the examples as python packages.
   create_python_package(
     ${swig_target}
@@ -142,7 +146,7 @@ function(finish_swig_python swig_target lldb_python_bindings_dir lldb_python_tar
   endif()
   set(LIBLLDB_SYMLINK_OUTPUT_FILE "_lldb${LLDB_PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX}")
   create_relative_symlink(${swig_target} ${LIBLLDB_SYMLINK_DEST}
-                          ${lldb_python_target_dir} ${LIBLLDB_SYMLINK_OUTPUT_FILE})
+                          ${lldb_python_target_dir}/native/ ${LIBLLDB_SYMLINK_OUTPUT_FILE})
 
 
   if (NOT WIN32)
diff --git a/lldb/bindings/python/python.swig b/lldb/bindings/python/python.swig
index 4a5a39dc4b06d..155e1c64fb103 100644
--- a/lldb/bindings/python/python.swig
+++ b/lldb/bindings/python/python.swig
@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ Older swig versions will simply ignore this setting.
     import $module
 except ImportError:
     # Relative import should work if we are being loaded by Python.
-    from . import $module"
+    # The cpython module built by swig is pushed one level down into
+    # the native submodule, because at this point the interpreter
+    # is still constructing the lldb module itself.
+    # Simply importing anything using `from . import` constitutes
+    # a cyclic importing.
+    from .native import $module"
 %enddef
 
 // The name of the module to be created.
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/ScriptInterpreter/Python/ScriptInterpreterPython.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/ScriptInterpreter/Python/ScriptInterpreterPython.cpp
index d257a08a2c62c..5e4c39cb2886c 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/ScriptInterpreter/Python/ScriptInterpreterPython.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/ScriptInterpreter/Python/ScriptInterpreterPython.cpp
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ void ScriptInterpreterPython::SharedLibraryDirectoryHelper(
   // does.
   if (this_file.GetFileNameExtension() == ".pyd") {
     this_file.RemoveLastPathComponent(); // _lldb.pyd or _lldb_d.pyd
+    this_file.RemoveLastPathComponent(); // native
     this_file.RemoveLastPathComponent(); // lldb
     llvm::StringRef libdir = LLDB_PYTHON_RELATIVE_LIBDIR;
     for (auto it = llvm::sys::path::begin(libdir),