diff --git a/unix/main.c b/unix/main.c
index 2044e205e44d00b3f3d6bcbac1ce9da444b35a5b..fd3419a1c7d8f477499ba3e8c7072937677c3626 100644
--- a/unix/main.c
+++ b/unix/main.c
@@ -357,7 +357,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     mp_store_name(qstr_from_str("gc"), (mp_obj_t)&pyb_gc_obj);
 #endif
 
-    microsocket_init();
 #if MICROPY_MOD_FFI
     ffi_init();
 #endif
diff --git a/unix/modsocket.c b/unix/modsocket.c
index 8f47a8b157094c3d2a6885087ebe1f53b48f18e9..7b1aaa975dc0ffdea82a7c6c446f498dc2965ca4 100644
--- a/unix/modsocket.c
+++ b/unix/modsocket.c
@@ -322,12 +322,18 @@ STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_VAR_BETWEEN(mod_socket_getaddrinfo_obj, 2, 6, mod
 
 extern mp_obj_type_t sockaddr_in_type;
 
-#define C(name) { #name, name }
+STATIC const mp_map_elem_t mp_module_socket_globals_table[] = {
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR___name__), MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_microsocket) },
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_socket), (mp_obj_t)&microsocket_type },
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_getaddrinfo), (mp_obj_t)&mod_socket_getaddrinfo_obj },
+#if MICROPY_SOCKET_EXTRA
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_sockaddr_in), (mp_obj_t)&sockaddr_in_type },
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_htons), (mp_obj_t)&mod_socket_htons_obj },
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_inet_aton), (mp_obj_t)&mod_socket_inet_aton_obj },
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_gethostbyname), (mp_obj_t)&mod_socket_gethostbyname_obj },
+#endif
 
-STATIC const struct sym_entry {
-    const char *sym;
-    int val;
-} constants[] = {
+#define C(name) { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_ ## name), MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(name) }
     C(AF_UNIX),
     C(AF_INET),
     C(AF_INET6),
@@ -344,23 +350,22 @@ STATIC const struct sym_entry {
     C(SO_KEEPALIVE),
     C(SO_LINGER),
     C(SO_REUSEADDR),
-
-    {NULL}
+#undef C
 };
 
-#undef C
+STATIC const mp_obj_dict_t mp_module_socket_globals = {
+    .base = {&mp_type_dict},
+    .map = {
+        .all_keys_are_qstrs = 1,
+        .table_is_fixed_array = 1,
+        .used = sizeof(mp_module_socket_globals_table) / sizeof(mp_map_elem_t),
+        .alloc = sizeof(mp_module_socket_globals_table) / sizeof(mp_map_elem_t),
+        .table = (mp_map_elem_t*)mp_module_socket_globals_table,
+    },
+};
 
-void microsocket_init() {
-    mp_obj_t m = mp_obj_new_module(MP_QSTR_microsocket);
-    mp_store_attr(m, MP_QSTR_socket, (mp_obj_t)&microsocket_type);
-#if MICROPY_SOCKET_EXTRA
-    mp_store_attr(m, MP_QSTR_sockaddr_in, (mp_obj_t)&sockaddr_in_type);
-    mp_store_attr(m, MP_QSTR_htons, (mp_obj_t)&mod_socket_htons_obj);
-    mp_store_attr(m, MP_QSTR_inet_aton, (mp_obj_t)&mod_socket_inet_aton_obj);
-    mp_store_attr(m, MP_QSTR_gethostbyname, (mp_obj_t)&mod_socket_gethostbyname_obj);
-#endif
-    mp_store_attr(m, MP_QSTR_getaddrinfo, (mp_obj_t)&mod_socket_getaddrinfo_obj);
-    for (const struct sym_entry *p = constants; p->sym != NULL; p++) {
-        mp_store_attr(m, QSTR_FROM_STR_STATIC(p->sym), MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT((machine_int_t)p->val));
-    }
-}
+const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_socket = {
+    .base = { &mp_type_module },
+    .name = MP_QSTR_microsocket,
+    .globals = (mp_obj_dict_t*)&mp_module_socket_globals,
+};
diff --git a/unix/mpconfigport.h b/unix/mpconfigport.h
index bfbb49aee6c7fc1e2de140496d676c4c8619fa4b..21d11ebeafe6a5500355c33e087b52f270fa01dc 100644
--- a/unix/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/unix/mpconfigport.h
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@
 #define MICROPY_ENABLE_MOD_CMATH    (1)
 
 extern const struct _mp_obj_module_t mp_module_time;
+extern const struct _mp_obj_module_t mp_module_socket;
 #define MICROPY_EXTRA_BUILTIN_MODULES \
     { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_time), (mp_obj_t)&mp_module_time }, \
+    { MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_microsocket), (mp_obj_t)&mp_module_socket }, \
 
 // type definitions for the specific machine
 
diff --git a/unix/qstrdefsport.h b/unix/qstrdefsport.h
index eb61e2a6188530edf86e30ff6e6be9c1e236e1eb..4de00aa11cda2362f2cb2a8dce841055686afd84 100644
--- a/unix/qstrdefsport.h
+++ b/unix/qstrdefsport.h
@@ -2,26 +2,12 @@
 
 Q(Test)
 
-Q(rawsocket)
-Q(socket)
-Q(sockaddr_in)
-Q(htons)
-Q(inet_aton)
-Q(gethostbyname)
-Q(getaddrinfo)
-Q(microsocket)
 Q(fileno)
 Q(read)
 Q(readall)
 Q(readline)
 Q(write)
 Q(makefile)
-Q(connect)
-Q(bind)
-Q(listen)
-Q(accept)
-Q(recv)
-Q(setsockopt)
 
 Q(FileIO)
 Q(ffimod)
@@ -34,3 +20,34 @@ Q(var)
 Q(time)
 Q(clock)
 Q(sleep)
+
+Q(socket)
+Q(sockaddr_in)
+Q(htons)
+Q(inet_aton)
+Q(gethostbyname)
+Q(getaddrinfo)
+Q(microsocket)
+Q(connect)
+Q(bind)
+Q(listen)
+Q(accept)
+Q(recv)
+Q(setsockopt)
+
+Q(AF_UNIX)
+Q(AF_INET)
+Q(AF_INET6)
+Q(SOCK_STREAM)
+Q(SOCK_DGRAM)
+Q(SOCK_RAW)
+
+Q(MSG_DONTROUTE)
+Q(MSG_DONTWAIT)
+
+Q(SOL_SOCKET)
+Q(SO_BROADCAST)
+Q(SO_ERROR)
+Q(SO_KEEPALIVE)
+Q(SO_LINGER)
+Q(SO_REUSEADDR)