diff --git a/tailbone/views/essentials.py b/tailbone/views/essentials.py
index a8ded812..08d2e0c4 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/essentials.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/essentials.py
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 Essential views for convenient includes
 """
 
-from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import
-
 
 def defaults(config, **kwargs):
     mod = lambda spec: kwargs.get(spec, spec)
@@ -48,6 +46,14 @@ def defaults(config, **kwargs):
     config.include(mod('tailbone.views.users'))
     config.include(mod('tailbone.views.views'))
 
+    # include project views by default, but let caller avoid that by
+    # passing False
+    projects = kwargs.get('tailbone.views.projects', True)
+    if projects:
+        if projects is True:
+            projects = 'tailbone.views.projects'
+        config.include(projects)
+
 
 def includeme(config):
     defaults(config)