* lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el (package-autoload-ensure-default-file):

Add current dir to the load-path.
(package-generate-autoloads): Don't rely on autoload-ensure-default-file.

lisp/ChangeLog

+2013-04-27  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+	* emacs-lisp/package.el (package-autoload-ensure-default-file):
+	Add current dir to the load-path.
+	(package-generate-autoloads): Don't rely on
+	autoload-ensure-default-file.
+
 2013-04-26  Reuben Thomas  <rrt@sc3d.org>
 
 	* textmodes/remember.el (remember-store-in-files): Document that

lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el

@@ -588,7 +588,8 @@ EXTRA-PROPERTIES is currently unused."
      (concat ";;; " (file-name-nondirectory file)
 	     " --- automatically extracted autoloads\n"
 	     ";;\n"
-	     ";;; Code:\n\n"
+	     ";;; Code:\n"
+             "(add-to-list 'load-path (or (file-name-directory #$) (car load-path)))\n"
 	     "\n;; Local Variables:\n"
 	     ";; version-control: never\n"
 	     ";; no-byte-compile: t\n"
@@ -605,8 +606,7 @@ EXTRA-PROPERTIES is currently unused."
 	 ;;(ignore-name (concat name "-pkg.el"))
 	 (generated-autoload-file (expand-file-name auto-name pkg-dir))
 	 (version-control 'never))
-    (unless (fboundp 'autoload-ensure-default-file)
-      (package-autoload-ensure-default-file generated-autoload-file))
+    (package-autoload-ensure-default-file generated-autoload-file)
     (update-directory-autoloads pkg-dir)
     (let ((buf (find-buffer-visiting generated-autoload-file)))
       (when buf (kill-buffer buf)))))