diff -r b0668185dc15 Modules/getpath.c
--- a/Modules/getpath.c	Tue Jun 25 23:13:47 2013 +0200
+++ b/Modules/getpath.c	Wed Jun 26 17:48:39 2013 +0200
@@ -363,6 +363,21 @@
         reduce(prefix);
     } while (prefix[0]);
 
+    /* search relative to the python shared library */
+    if (_PyImport_GetModulePath(prefix, MAXPATHLEN)) {
+        /* make this work on *nix and win32 ../lib/python3 */
+        reduce(prefix);
+        reduce(prefix);
+        if (wcslen(prefix) + 1 + wcslen(lib_python) < MAXPATHLEN) {
+            joinpath(prefix, lib_python);
+            if (wcslen(prefix) + 1 + wcslen(LANDMARK) < MAXPATHLEN) {
+                joinpath(prefix, LANDMARK);
+                if (ismodule(prefix))
+                    return 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /* Look at configure's PREFIX */
     wcsncpy(prefix, _prefix, MAXPATHLEN);
     joinpath(prefix, lib_python);
@@ -440,6 +455,21 @@
         reduce(exec_prefix);
     } while (exec_prefix[0]);
 
+    /* search relative to the python shared library */
+    if (_PyImport_GetModulePath(exec_prefix, MAXPATHLEN)) {
+        /* make this work on *nix and win32 ../lib/python3/lib-dynload */
+        reduce(exec_prefix);
+        reduce(exec_prefix);
+        if (wcslen(exec_prefix) + 1 + wcslen(lib_python) < MAXPATHLEN) {
+            joinpath(exec_prefix, lib_python);
+            if (wcslen(exec_prefix) + 12 < MAXPATHLEN) {
+                joinpath(exec_prefix, L"lib-dynload");
+                if (isdir(exec_prefix))
+                    return 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /* Look at configure's EXEC_PREFIX */
     wcsncpy(exec_prefix, _exec_prefix, MAXPATHLEN);
     joinpath(exec_prefix, lib_python);
diff -r b0668185dc15 Python/dynload_aix.c
--- a/Python/dynload_aix.c	Tue Jun 25 23:13:47 2013 +0200
+++ b/Python/dynload_aix.c	Wed Jun 26 17:48:39 2013 +0200
@@ -181,3 +181,9 @@
 
     return p;
 }
+
+int
+_PyImport_GetModulePath(const wchar_t *path, size_t len)
+{
+    return 0;
+}
diff -r b0668185dc15 Python/dynload_dl.c
--- a/Python/dynload_dl.c	Tue Jun 25 23:13:47 2013 +0200
+++ b/Python/dynload_dl.c	Wed Jun 26 17:48:39 2013 +0200
@@ -20,3 +20,10 @@
     PyOS_snprintf(funcname, sizeof(funcname), "PyInit_%.200s", shortname);
     return dl_loadmod(Py_GetProgramName(), pathname, funcname);
 }
+
+int
+_PyImport_GetModulePath(const wchar_t *path, size_t len)
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+
diff -r b0668185dc15 Python/dynload_hpux.c
--- a/Python/dynload_hpux.c	Tue Jun 25 23:13:47 2013 +0200
+++ b/Python/dynload_hpux.c	Wed Jun 26 17:48:39 2013 +0200
@@ -62,3 +62,10 @@
 
     return p;
 }
+
+int
+_PyImport_GetModulePath(const wchar_t *path, size_t len)
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+
diff -r b0668185dc15 Python/dynload_next.c
--- a/Python/dynload_next.c	Tue Jun 25 23:13:47 2013 +0200
+++ b/Python/dynload_next.c	Wed Jun 26 17:48:39 2013 +0200
@@ -108,3 +108,10 @@
     p = (dl_funcptr)NSAddressOfSymbol(theSym);
     return p;
 }
+
+int
+_PyImport_GetModulePath(const wchar_t *path, size_t len)
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+
diff -r b0668185dc15 Python/dynload_shlib.c
--- a/Python/dynload_shlib.c	Tue Jun 25 23:13:47 2013 +0200
+++ b/Python/dynload_shlib.c	Wed Jun 26 17:48:39 2013 +0200
@@ -149,3 +149,21 @@
     p = (dl_funcptr) dlsym(handle, funcname);
     return p;
 }
+
+int
+_PyImport_GetModulePath(const wchar_t *path, size_t len)
+{
+    Dl_info info;
+    wchar_t* buffer;
+    static const int dummy = 0;
+    if (0 == dladdr(&dummy, &info))
+        return 0;
+    if (!info.dli_fname)
+        return 0;
+    buffer = _Py_char2wchar(info.dli_fname, NULL);
+    if (!buffer)
+        return 0;
+    wcsncpy(path, buffer, len);
+    PyMem_Free(buffer);
+    return 1;
+}
diff -r b0668185dc15 Python/dynload_win.c
--- a/Python/dynload_win.c	Tue Jun 25 23:13:47 2013 +0200
+++ b/Python/dynload_win.c	Wed Jun 26 17:48:39 2013 +0200
@@ -295,3 +295,23 @@
 
     return p;
 }
+
+int
+_PyImport_GetModulePath(const wchar_t *path, size_t len)
+{
+    HMODULE handle;
+    DWORD flags;
+    static const wchar_t dummy = 0;
+
+    flags = GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_UNCHANGED_REFCOUNT
+        | GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_FROM_ADDRESS;
+
+    if (!GetModuleHandleExW(flags, &dummy, &handle))
+        return 0;
+
+    DWORD retval = GetModuleFileNameW(handle, path, len);
+    if (retval == 0 || len <= retval)
+        return 0;
+
+    return 1;
+}