diff --git a/pw_protobuf_compiler/docs.rst b/pw_protobuf_compiler/docs.rst
index c228850..eeb1620 100644
--- a/pw_protobuf_compiler/docs.rst
+++ b/pw_protobuf_compiler/docs.rst
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@
   //path/to/my_protos:my_protos.pwpb
   //path/to/my_protos:pwpb
 
+``pw_python_package`` subtargets are also available on the ``python`` subtarget:
+
+.. code-block::
+
+  //path/to/my_protos:my_protos.python.lint
+  //path/to/my_protos:python.lint
+
 **Arguments**
 
 * ``sources``: List of input .proto files.
diff --git a/pw_protobuf_compiler/proto.gni b/pw_protobuf_compiler/proto.gni
index 2195b3b..a6ec15e 100644
--- a/pw_protobuf_compiler/proto.gni
+++ b/pw_protobuf_compiler/proto.gni
@@ -612,11 +612,15 @@
   # directory (e.g. //foo:nanopb is an alias for //foo:foo.nanopb).
   if (get_label_info(":$target_name", "name") ==
       get_path_info(get_label_info(":$target_name", "dir"), "name")) {
-    foreach(_generator, _protobuf_generators) {
-      group("$_generator") {
+    foreach(_generator, _protobuf_generators - [ "python" ]) {
+      group(_generator) {
         public_deps = [ ":${invoker.target_name}.$_generator" ]
       }
     }
+
+    pw_python_group("python") {
+      python_deps = [ ":${invoker.target_name}.python" ]
+    }
   }
 
   # If the user attempts to use the target directly instead of one of the