diff --git a/derive/src/pymodule.rs b/derive/src/pymodule.rs
index a1d509c1e..58b297d6a 100644
--- a/derive/src/pymodule.rs
+++ b/derive/src/pymodule.rs
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ pub fn impl_pymodule(
     attr: AttributeArgs,
     module_item: Item,
 ) -> std::result::Result<TokenStream, Diagnostic> {
-    let mut module_item = match module_item {
-        Item::Mod(m) => m,
+    let (doc, mut module_item) = match module_item {
+        Item::Mod(m) => (m.attrs.doc(), m),
         other => bail_span!(other, "#[pymodule] can only be on a full module"),
     };
     let fake_ident = Ident::new("pymodule", module_item.span());
@@ -58,10 +58,24 @@ pub fn impl_pymodule(
     // append additional items
     let module_name = context.name.as_str();
     let module_extend_items = context.module_extend_items;
+    let doc = doc.or_else(|| {
+        crate::doc::try_read(module_name)
+            .ok()
+            .flatten()
+            .map(str::to_owned)
+    });
+    let doc = if let Some(doc) = doc {
+        quote!(Some(#doc))
+    } else {
+        quote!(None)
+    };
     items.extend(iter_chain![
         parse_quote! {
             pub(crate) const MODULE_NAME: &'static str = #module_name;
         },
+        parse_quote! {
+            pub(crate) const DOC: Option<&'static str> = #doc;
+        },
         parse_quote! {
             pub(crate) fn extend_module(
                 vm: &::rustpython_vm::VirtualMachine,
@@ -75,7 +89,7 @@ pub fn impl_pymodule(
             pub(crate) fn make_module(
                 vm: &::rustpython_vm::VirtualMachine
             ) -> ::rustpython_vm::PyObjectRef {
-                let module = vm.new_module(MODULE_NAME, vm.ctx.new_dict());
+                let module = vm.new_module(MODULE_NAME, vm.ctx.new_dict(), DOC);
                 extend_module(vm, &module);
                 module
             }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 16a64f636..71a468418 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ fn write_profile(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>
 
 fn run_rustpython(vm: &VirtualMachine, matches: &ArgMatches) -> PyResult<()> {
     let scope = vm.new_scope_with_builtins();
-    let main_module = vm.new_module("__main__", scope.globals.clone());
+    let main_module = vm.new_module("__main__", scope.globals.clone(), None);
     main_module
         .dict()
         .and_then(|d| {
diff --git a/vm/src/import.rs b/vm/src/import.rs
index 5bc0b2d58..4e42daf2e 100644
--- a/vm/src/import.rs
+++ b/vm/src/import.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ pub fn import_codeobj(
     if set_file_attr {
         attrs.set_item("__file__", vm.ctx.new_utf8_str(&code_obj.source_path), vm)?;
     }
-    let module = vm.new_module(module_name, attrs.clone());
+    let module = vm.new_module(module_name, attrs.clone(), None);
 
     // Store module in cache to prevent infinite loop with mutual importing libs:
     let sys_modules = vm.get_attribute(vm.sys_module.clone(), "modules")?;
diff --git a/vm/src/macros.rs b/vm/src/macros.rs
index 6997e9231..d12bb4d2b 100644
--- a/vm/src/macros.rs
+++ b/vm/src/macros.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! py_module {
     ( $vm:expr, $module_name:expr, { $($name:expr => $value:expr),* $(,)? }) => {{
-        let module = $vm.new_module($module_name, $vm.ctx.new_dict());
+        let module = $vm.new_module($module_name, $vm.ctx.new_dict(), None);
         $crate::extend_module!($vm, module, { $($name => $value),* });
         module
     }};
diff --git a/vm/src/vm.rs b/vm/src/vm.rs
index 576bf8ad6..a8ff07e5e 100644
--- a/vm/src/vm.rs
+++ b/vm/src/vm.rs
@@ -574,12 +574,13 @@ impl VirtualMachine {
         self.ctx.new_code_object(code.into_codeobj(self))
     }
 
-    pub fn new_module(&self, name: &str, dict: PyDictRef) -> PyObjectRef {
+    pub fn new_module(&self, name: &str, dict: PyDictRef, doc: Option<&str>) -> PyObjectRef {
         module::init_module_dict(
             self,
             &dict,
             self.new_pyobj(name.to_owned()),
-            self.ctx.none(),
+            doc.map(|doc| self.new_pyobj(doc.to_owned()))
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| self.ctx.none()),
         );
         PyObject::new(PyModule {}, self.ctx.types.module_type.clone(), Some(dict))
     }
diff --git a/wasm/lib/src/vm_class.rs b/wasm/lib/src/vm_class.rs
index 6818076c7..aaf5e13e9 100644
--- a/wasm/lib/src/vm_class.rs
+++ b/wasm/lib/src/vm_class.rs
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ impl WASMVirtualMachine {
             vm.run_code_obj(code, Scope::new(None, attrs.clone()))
                 .into_js(vm)?;
 
-            let module = vm.new_module(&name, attrs);
+            let module = vm.new_module(&name, attrs, None);
 
             let sys_modules = vm
                 .get_attribute(vm.sys_module.clone(), "modules")
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ impl WASMVirtualMachine {
     #[wasm_bindgen(js_name = injectJSModule)]
     pub fn inject_js_module(&self, name: String, module: Object) -> Result<(), JsValue> {
         self.with_vm(|vm, _| {
-            let py_module = vm.new_module(&name, vm.ctx.new_dict());
+            let py_module = vm.new_module(&name, vm.ctx.new_dict(), None);
             for entry in convert::object_entries(&module) {
                 let (key, value) = entry?;
                 let key = Object::from(key).to_string();