diff --git a/ports/bare-arm/mpconfigport.h b/ports/bare-arm/mpconfigport.h
index 273e21451b..4567676580 100644
--- a/ports/bare-arm/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/ports/bare-arm/mpconfigport.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_PY_STRUCT           (0)
 #define MICROPY_PY_SYS              (0)
 #define MICROPY_CPYTHON_COMPAT      (0)
+#define MICROPY_MODULE_GETATTR      (0)
 #define MICROPY_LONGINT_IMPL        (MICROPY_LONGINT_IMPL_NONE)
 #define MICROPY_FLOAT_IMPL          (MICROPY_FLOAT_IMPL_NONE)
 #define MICROPY_USE_INTERNAL_PRINTF (0)
diff --git a/ports/minimal/mpconfigport.h b/ports/minimal/mpconfigport.h
index 41e22cd010..2507d0124d 100644
--- a/ports/minimal/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/ports/minimal/mpconfigport.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_PY_SYS              (0)
 #define MICROPY_MODULE_FROZEN_MPY   (1)
 #define MICROPY_CPYTHON_COMPAT      (0)
+#define MICROPY_MODULE_GETATTR      (0)
 #define MICROPY_LONGINT_IMPL        (MICROPY_LONGINT_IMPL_NONE)
 #define MICROPY_FLOAT_IMPL          (MICROPY_FLOAT_IMPL_NONE)
 
diff --git a/py/mpconfig.h b/py/mpconfig.h
index 371f2ce036..c5829a3e09 100644
--- a/py/mpconfig.h
+++ b/py/mpconfig.h
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ typedef double mp_float_t;
 
 // Whether to support module-level __getattr__ (see PEP 562)
 #ifndef MICROPY_MODULE_GETATTR
-#define MICROPY_MODULE_GETATTR (0)
+#define MICROPY_MODULE_GETATTR (1)
 #endif
 
 // Whether module weak links are supported