diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1ac22a433..848feadab 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -194,7 +194,9 @@ pub use httprequest::HttpRequest;
 pub use httpresponse::HttpResponse;
 pub use json::Json;
 pub use scope::Scope;
-pub use actix;
+pub mod actix {
+    use super::actix::prelude::*;
+}
 
 #[doc(hidden)]
 #[deprecated(since = "0.6.2", note = "please use `use actix_web::ws::WsWriter`")]