diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/module_common.py b/lib/ansible/executor/module_common.py
index 4f5effe462..b7cc8aa0ca 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/module_common.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/module_common.py
@@ -543,12 +543,17 @@ def recursive_finder(name, data, py_module_names, py_module_cache, zf):
                 if module_info[2][2] == imp.PKG_DIRECTORY:
                     # Read the __init__.py instead of the module file as this is
                     # a python package
-                    py_module_cache[py_module_name + ('__init__',)] = _slurp(os.path.join(os.path.join(module_info[1], '__init__.py')))
-                    normalized_modules.add(py_module_name + ('__init__',))
+                    normalized_name = py_module_name + ('__init__',)
+                    normalized_path = os.path.join(os.path.join(module_info[1], '__init__.py'))
+                    normalized_data = _slurp(normalized_path)
                 else:
-                    py_module_cache[py_module_name] = module_info[0].read()
+                    normalized_name = py_module_name
+                    normalized_path = module_info[1]
+                    normalized_data = module_info[0].read()
                     module_info[0].close()
-                    normalized_modules.add(py_module_name)
+
+                py_module_cache[normalized_name] = (normalized_data, normalized_path)
+                normalized_modules.add(normalized_name)
 
             # Make sure that all the packages that this module is a part of
             # are also added
@@ -558,7 +563,7 @@ def recursive_finder(name, data, py_module_names, py_module_cache, zf):
                     pkg_dir_info = imp.find_module(py_pkg_name[-1],
                             [os.path.join(p, *py_pkg_name[:-1]) for p in module_utils_paths])
                     normalized_modules.add(py_pkg_name)
-                    py_module_cache[py_pkg_name] = _slurp(pkg_dir_info[1])
+                    py_module_cache[py_pkg_name] = (_slurp(pkg_dir_info[1]), pkg_dir_info[1])
 
     #
     # iterate through all of the ansible.module_utils* imports that we haven't
@@ -573,7 +578,8 @@ def recursive_finder(name, data, py_module_names, py_module_cache, zf):
         py_module_file_name = '%s.py' % py_module_path
 
         zf.writestr(os.path.join("ansible/module_utils",
-                py_module_file_name), py_module_cache[py_module_name])
+                py_module_file_name), py_module_cache[py_module_name][0])
+        display.vvv("Using module_utils file %s" % py_module_cache[py_module_name][1])
 
     # Add the names of the files we're scheduling to examine in the loop to
     # py_module_names so that we don't re-examine them in the next pass
@@ -581,7 +587,7 @@ def recursive_finder(name, data, py_module_names, py_module_cache, zf):
     py_module_names.update(unprocessed_py_module_names)
 
     for py_module_file in unprocessed_py_module_names:
-        recursive_finder(py_module_file, py_module_cache[py_module_file], py_module_names, py_module_cache, zf)
+        recursive_finder(py_module_file, py_module_cache[py_module_file][0], py_module_names, py_module_cache, zf)
         # Save memory; the file won't have to be read again for this ansible module.
         del py_module_cache[py_module_file]
 
@@ -684,7 +690,7 @@ def _find_module_utils(module_name, b_module_data, module_path, module_args, tas
 
                     zf.writestr('ansible_module_%s.py' % module_name, b_module_data)
 
-                    py_module_cache = { ('__init__',): b'' }
+                    py_module_cache = { ('__init__',): (b'', '[builtin]') }
                     recursive_finder(module_name, b_module_data, py_module_names, py_module_cache, zf)
                     zf.close()
                     zipdata = base64.b64encode(zipoutput.getvalue())