diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eccb2d228..3b680dc7f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # **Upcoming release**
-
+- #648 Remove __init__ from import statement when using sqlite autoimport (@bagel897)
 - #604 Fix test that sometimes leaves files behind in the current working directory (@lieryan)
 - #606 Deprecate compress_objectdb and compress_history (@lieryan)
 - #607 Remove importing from legacy files with `.pickle` suffix (@lieryan)
diff --git a/rope/contrib/autoimport/utils.py b/rope/contrib/autoimport/utils.py
index 55cc16b71..6d8f9b414 100644
--- a/rope/contrib/autoimport/utils.py
+++ b/rope/contrib/autoimport/utils.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def get_modname_from_path(
         for part in rel_path_parts[:-1]:
             modname += part
             modname += "."
-        if rel_path_parts[-1] == "__init__":
+        if rel_path_parts[-1] == "__init__.py":
             modname = modname[:-1]
         else:
             modname = modname + modpath.stem
diff --git a/ropetest/contrib/autoimport/autoimporttest.py b/ropetest/contrib/autoimport/autoimporttest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a5a05b6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ropetest/contrib/autoimport/autoimporttest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Special cases, easier to express in pytest
+from contextlib import closing
+from textwrap import dedent
+
+import pytest
+
+from rope.base.project import Project
+from rope.base.resources import File, Folder
+from rope.contrib.autoimport.sqlite import AutoImport
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def autoimport(project: Project):
+    with closing(AutoImport(project)) as ai:
+        yield ai
+
+
+def test_init_py(
+    autoimport: AutoImport,
+    project: Project,
+    pkg1: Folder,
+    mod1: File,
+):
+    mod1_init = pkg1.get_child("__init__.py")
+    mod1_init.write(dedent("""\
+        def foo():
+            pass
+    """))
+    mod1.write(dedent("""\
+        foo
+    """))
+    autoimport.generate_cache([mod1_init])
+    results = autoimport.search("foo", True)
+    assert [("from pkg1 import foo", "foo")] == results