diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/__init__.py b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2d1..d8f59c132ab7 100644
--- a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
+
+""" Python YNL (YAML Netlink) library. """
+
+# Re-export the public library API so it can be imported straight from the
+# package, e.g. `from pyynl import YnlFamily`.
+# pylint: disable=wildcard-import,unused-wildcard-import
+from .lib import *
+from .lib import __all__