cookiecutter · pydanny · Jul 30, 2016 · Jul 29, 2016 · Jul 29, 2016
diff --git a/__main__.py b/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+"""Allow cookiecutter to be executable from a checkout or zip file."""
+import runpy
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    runpy.run_module("cookiecutter", run_name="__main__")
diff --git a/cookiecutter/__main__.py b/cookiecutter/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"""Allow cookiecutter to be executable through `python -m cookiecutter`."""
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from .cli import main
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":  # pragma: no cover
+    main(prog_name="cookiecutter")
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     package_dir={'cookiecutter': 'cookiecutter'},
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': [
-            'cookiecutter = cookiecutter.cli:main',
+            'cookiecutter = cookiecutter.__main__:main',
         ]
     },
     include_package_data=True,

diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 from click.testing import CliRunner
 
-from cookiecutter.cli import main
+from cookiecutter.__main__ import main
 from cookiecutter.main import cookiecutter
 from cookiecutter import utils, config