diff -urN a-3.3.0/Modules/Setup.config.in b-3.3.0/Modules/Setup.config.in
--- a-3.3.0/Modules/Setup.config.in	Sun Nov 11 17:51:51 2012
+++ b-3.3.0/Modules/Setup.config.in	Sun Nov 11 18:02:08 2012
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 @BUILDIN_WIN32_MODULE@winreg ../PC/winreg.c
 @BUILDIN_WIN32_MODULE@time timemodule.c
 @BUILDIN_WIN32_MODULE@msvcrt ../PC/msvcrtmodule.c
+@BUILDIN_WIN32_MODULE@_winapi _winapi.c
 
 
 # The rest of the modules previously listed in this file are built
diff -urN a-3.3.0/setup.py b-3.3.0/setup.py
--- a-3.3.0/setup.py	Sun Nov 11 17:51:51 2012
+++ b-3.3.0/setup.py	Sun Nov 11 18:14:36 2012
@@ -985,7 +985,9 @@
                 for p in ['_msi.c']],
                 libraries=['msi','cabinet','rpcrt4']) )
 
-            exts.append( Extension('_winapi', ['_winapi.c']) )
+            # Added to Setup.config.in as now needed earlier since I
+            # use subprocess (which uses Popen) in cygwinccompiler.py
+            # exts.append( Extension('_winapi', ['_winapi.c']) )
 
             # On win32 host(mingw build in MSYS environment) show that site.py
             # fail to load if some modules are not build-in: