+diff --git a/srd.c b/srd.c
+index f5b885f..1599957 100644
+--- a/srd.c
++++ b/srd.c
+@@ -140,16 +140,32 @@ SRD_API int srd_init(const char *path)
+ /* Add our own module to the list of built-in modules. */
+ PyImport_AppendInittab("sigrokdecode", PyInit_sigrokdecode);
+
++ /*
++ * MinGW: Hardcode the frontend's install dir as PYTHONHOME.
++ * The NSIS installers will place python*.dll and python*.zip (which
++ * contains all required libs and Python modules) there.
++ *
++ * Also hardcode that only the Python stdlib and the libsigrokdecode
++ * PDs in the 'decoders' subdirectory in the frontend's install
++ * directory are ever used/found by Python. This avoids various issues
++ * with other Python libs and modules installed on the same system.
++ */
++
+ /* Initialize the Python interpreter. */
++ Py_SetPythonHome(L".");
+ Py_Initialize();
++ PyRun_SimpleString("import sys; sys.path = ['python32.zip']");
+
++#if 0
+ /* Installed decoders. */
+ if ((ret = srd_decoder_searchpath_add(DECODERS_DIR)) != SRD_OK) {
+ Py_Finalize();
+ return ret;
+ }
++#endif
+
+ /* Path specified by the user. */
++ path = "decoders";
+ if (path) {
+ if ((ret = srd_decoder_searchpath_add(path)) != SRD_OK) {
+ Py_Finalize();