diff --git a/perlmod-bin/genpackage.pl b/perlmod-bin/genpackage.pl
index 681bcfd..711ee57 100755
--- a/perlmod-bin/genpackage.pl
+++ b/perlmod-bin/genpackage.pl
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ sub bootstrap {
 BEGIN {
     __PACKAGE__->load();
     __PACKAGE__->bootstrap();
-    init();
+    init() if __PACKAGE__->can("init");
 }
 
 1;