diff --git a/libsrc/atari7800/cputc.s b/libsrc/atari7800/cputc.s
index e1af2765c..607940332 100644
--- a/libsrc/atari7800/cputc.s
+++ b/libsrc/atari7800/cputc.s
@@ -172,3 +172,8 @@ umula0:
 
         .endproc
 
+;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+; force the init constructor to be imported
+
+                .import initconio
+conio_init      = initconio