diff --git a/scripts/zeekygen/__load__.zeek b/scripts/zeekygen/__load__.zeek
index 2cfa93d48b..80a530bc3b 100644
--- a/scripts/zeekygen/__load__.zeek
+++ b/scripts/zeekygen/__load__.zeek
@@ -21,7 +21,14 @@
 
 @load ./example.zeek
 
-event zeek_init()
+event zeek_init() &priority=1000
 	{
+	# Disable events in modules that use zeek_init() to do stuff and may
+	# fail when run under zeekygen. For the purpose of zeekygen, we could
+	# probably disable all modules, too.
+	disable_module_events("Control");
+	disable_module_events("Management::Agent::Runtime");
+	disable_module_events("Management::Controller::Runtime");
+	disable_module_events("Management::Node");
 	terminate();
 	}