diff --git a/lisp/international/iso-insert.el b/lisp/international/iso-insert.el
index 870fc1afeea..0b76fe1ea2d 100644
--- a/lisp/international/iso-insert.el
+++ b/lisp/international/iso-insert.el
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 
 ;;; Code:
 
+;;; Provide some binding for startup:
+;;;###autoload (define-key global-map "\C-x8" '8859-1-map)
+;;;###autoload (autoload '8859-1-map "iso-insert" "Keymap for ISO 8859/1 character insertion." t 'keymap)
+  
 (defun insert-no-break-space ()
    (interactive "*")
    (insert 160)
@@ -623,6 +627,7 @@
    (if (not (lookup-key global-map "\C-x8"))
       (define-key global-map "\C-x8" 8859-1-map))
 )
+(defalias '8859-1-map 8859-1-map)
 
 (provide 'iso-insert)