diff --git a/Modules/getpath.c b/Modules/getpath.c
--- a/Modules/getpath.c
+++ b/Modules/getpath.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 #include <mach-o/dyld.h>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
 #endif
 
 /* Search in some common locations for the associated Python libraries.
@@ -473,8 +474,7 @@
     size_t prefixsz;
     wchar_t *defpath;
 #ifdef WITH_NEXT_FRAMEWORK
-    NSModule pythonModule;
-    const char*    modPath;
+    Dl_info pythonInfo;
 #endif
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 #if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_4
@@ -567,38 +567,35 @@
     ** which is in the framework, not relative to the executable, which may
     ** be outside of the framework. Except when we're in the build directory...
     */
-    pythonModule = NSModuleForSymbol(NSLookupAndBindSymbol("_Py_Initialize"));
-    /* Use dylib functions to find out where the framework was loaded from */
-    modPath = NSLibraryNameForModule(pythonModule);
-    if (modPath != NULL) {
-        /* We're in a framework. */
-        /* See if we might be in the build directory. The framework in the
-        ** build directory is incomplete, it only has the .dylib and a few
-        ** needed symlinks, it doesn't have the Lib directories and such.
-        ** If we're running with the framework from the build directory we must
-        ** be running the interpreter in the build directory, so we use the
-        ** build-directory-specific logic to find Lib and such.
-        */
-        wchar_t* wbuf = _Py_char2wchar(modPath, NULL);
-        if (wbuf == NULL) {
-            Py_FatalError("Cannot decode framework location");
-        }
-
+    if (!dladdr(&Py_Initialize, &pythonInfo)) {
+        Py_FatalError("Cannot locate framework");
+    }
+    /* See if we might be in the build directory. The framework in the
+    ** build directory is incomplete, it only has the .dylib and a few
+    ** needed symlinks, it doesn't have the Lib directories and such.
+    ** If we're running with the framework from the build directory we must
+    ** be running the interpreter in the build directory, so we use the
+    ** build-directory-specific logic to find Lib and such.
+    */
+    wchar_t* wbuf = _Py_char2wchar(pythonInfo.dli_fname, NULL);
+    if (wbuf == NULL) {
+        Py_FatalError("Cannot decode framework location");
+    }
+    
+    wcsncpy(argv0_path, wbuf, MAXPATHLEN);
+    reduce(argv0_path);
+    joinpath(argv0_path, lib_python);
+    joinpath(argv0_path, LANDMARK);
+    if (!ismodule(argv0_path)) {
+        /* We are in the build directory so use the name of the
+           executable - we know that the absolute path is passed */
+        wcsncpy(argv0_path, progpath, MAXPATHLEN);
+    }
+    else {
+        /* Use the location of the library as the progpath */
         wcsncpy(argv0_path, wbuf, MAXPATHLEN);
-        reduce(argv0_path);
-        joinpath(argv0_path, lib_python);
-        joinpath(argv0_path, LANDMARK);
-        if (!ismodule(argv0_path)) {
-            /* We are in the build directory so use the name of the
-               executable - we know that the absolute path is passed */
-            wcsncpy(argv0_path, progpath, MAXPATHLEN);
-        }
-        else {
-            /* Use the location of the library as the progpath */
-            wcsncpy(argv0_path, wbuf, MAXPATHLEN);
-        }
-        PyMem_Free(wbuf);
     }
+    PyMem_Free(wbuf);
 #endif
 
 #if HAVE_READLINK