diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 732dfc3..a6bd48f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Python-*
 freetype-*
 build/*
 src/SDL/Xcode-iPhoneOS/SDL/build/
+src/SDL/Xcode-iOS/SDL/build/
 tmp/*
 kivy/*
 libtremor/*
diff --git a/tools/build-ios.sh b/tools/build-ios.sh
index 4881776..cb78299 100755
--- a/tools/build-ios.sh
+++ b/tools/build-ios.sh
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ export LDSHARED="$KIVYIOSROOT/tools/liblink"
 
 try pushd $KIVYIOSROOT/src/ios
 HOSTPYTHON=$TMPROOT/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION/hostpython
-try cython *.pyx
+try $KIVYIOSROOT/tools/cythonize.py *.pyx
 try $HOSTPYTHON setup.py build_ext
 try $HOSTPYTHON setup.py install -O2 --root iosbuild
-try find iosbuild | grep -E '*\.(py|pyc|so\.o|so\.a|so\.libs)$$' | xargs rm
+try find iosbuild | grep -E '.*\.(py|pyc|so\.o|so\.a|so\.libs)$$' | xargs rm
 try rm -rdf "$BUILDROOT/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ios*"
 try cp iosbuild/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ios.so "$BUILDROOT/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages"
 popd
diff --git a/tools/build-kivy.sh b/tools/build-kivy.sh
index cff65fe..e303ea1 100755
--- a/tools/build-kivy.sh
+++ b/tools/build-kivy.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,27 @@ OLD_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 OLD_LDSHARED="$LDSHARED"
 export LDSHARED="$KIVYIOSROOT/tools/liblink"
 export CFLAGS="$ARM_CFLAGS"
-try make ios
+
+ln -s $KIVYIOSROOT/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION/python
+ln -s $KIVYIOSROOT/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION/python.exe
+
+rm -rdf iosbuild/
+try mkdir iosbuild
+
+echo "First build ========================================"
+HOSTPYTHON=$TMPROOT/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION/hostpython
+$HOSTPYTHON setup.py build_ext -g
+echo "cythoning =========================================="
+find . -name *.pyx -exec $KIVYIOSROOT/tools/cythonize.py {} \;
+echo "Second build ======================================="
+$HOSTPYTHON setup.py build_ext -g
+$HOSTPYTHON setup.py install -O2 --root iosbuild
+# Strip away the large stuff
+find iosbuild/ | grep -E '.*\.(py|pyc|so\.o|so\.a|so\.libs)$$' | xargs rm
+rm -rdf "$BUILDROOT/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/kivy"
+# Copy to python for iOS installation
+cp -R "iosbuild/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/kivy" "$BUILDROOT/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages"
+
 export LDSHARED="$OLD_LDSHARED"
 export CFLAGS="$OLD_CFLAGS"
 popd
diff --git a/tools/build-lxml.sh b/tools/build-lxml.sh
index 1a9135e..85629b5 100755
--- a/tools/build-lxml.sh
+++ b/tools/build-lxml.sh
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ pushd $TMPROOT/lxml-$LXML_VERSION
 HOSTPYTHON=$TMPROOT/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION/hostpython
 XML2_CONFIG=$PREFIX/bin/xml2-config
 XSLT_CONFIG=$PREFIX/bin/xslt-config
-find . -name *.pyx -exec cython -t {} \;
+find . -name *.pyx -exec $KIVYIOSROOT/tools/cythonize.py -t {} \;
 try $HOSTPYTHON setup.py build_ext 
 try $HOSTPYTHON setup.py install -O2 --root iosbuild
 
diff --git a/tools/cythonize.py b/tools/cythonize.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..10aaa8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/cythonize.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+import subprocess
+
+def do(fn):
+    print 'cythonize:', fn
+    parts = fn.split('/')
+    assert(parts[-1].endswith('.pyx'))
+    if parts[0] == '.':
+        parts.pop(0)
+    modname = parts[-1][:-4]
+    package = '_'.join(parts[:-1])
+
+    # cythonize
+    subprocess.Popen(['cython', fn]).communicate()
+
+    if not package:
+        print 'no need to rewrite', fn
+    else:
+        # get the .c, and change the initXXX
+        fn_c = fn[:-3] + 'c'
+        with open(fn_c) as fd:
+            data = fd.read()
+        pat1 = 'init{}(void)'.format(modname)
+        sub1 = 'init{}_{}(void)'.format(package, modname)
+        pat2 = 'PyInit_{}(void)'.format(modname)
+        sub2 = 'PyInit{}_{}(void)'.format(package, modname)
+        pat3 = 'Pyx_NAMESTR("{}")'.format(modname)
+        sub3 = 'Pyx_NAMESTR("{}_{}")'.format(package, modname)
+        data = data.replace(pat1, sub1)
+        data = data.replace(pat2, sub2)
+        data = data.replace(pat3, sub3)
+
+        print 'rewrite', fn_c
+        with open(fn_c, 'w') as fd:
+            fd.write(data)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    for fn in sys.argv[1:]:
+        do(fn)
diff --git a/tools/templates/main.m b/tools/templates/main.m
index 72d2b2f..d4f066a 100644
--- a/tools/templates/main.m
+++ b/tools/templates/main.m
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     // If other modules are using thread, we need to initialize them before.
     PyEval_InitThreads();
 
+	// Add an importer for builtin modules
+	load_custom_builtin_importer();
+
     // Search and start main.py
     const char * prog = [
         [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"YourApp/main" ofType:@"pyo"] cStringUsingEncoding:
@@ -94,3 +97,28 @@ void export_orientation() {
     //NSLog(@"Available orientation: %@", result);
 }
 
+void load_custom_builtin_importer() {
+	static const char *custom_builtin_importer = \
+		"import sys, imp\n" \
+		"from os.path import exists, join\n" \
+		"class CustomBuiltinImporter(object):\n" \
+		"	def find_module(self, fullname, mpath=None):\n" \
+		"		if '.' not in fullname:\n" \
+		"			return\n" \
+		"		if mpath is None:\n" \
+		"			return\n" \
+		"		part = fullname.rsplit('.')[-1]\n" \
+		"		fn = join(mpath[0], '{}.so'.format(part))\n" \
+		"		if exists(fn):\n" \
+		"			return self\n" \
+		"		return\n" \
+		"	def load_module(self, fullname):\n" \
+		"		f = fullname.replace('.', '_')\n" \
+		"		mod = sys.modules.get(f)\n" \
+		"		if mod is None:\n" \
+		"			mod = imp.load_dynamic(f, f)\n" \
+		"			return mod\n" \
+		"		return mod\n" \
+		"sys.meta_path.append(RewriteImporter())";
+	PyRun_SimpleString(custom_builtin_importer);
+}