diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 02e509b3c83..58063d63d31 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -858,7 +858,6 @@ libraries = (['blender_creator',
               'blender_imbuf',
               'blender_avi',
               'blender_blenlib',
-              'blender_python',
               'blender_makesdna',
               'blender_kernel',
               'blender_BSP',
@@ -910,7 +909,7 @@ if user_options_dict['BUILD_GAMEENGINE'] == 1:
                                'PHY_Physics'])
         link_env.Append (LIBS=user_options_dict['ODE_LIBRARY'])
         link_env.Append (LIBPATH=user_options_dict['ODE_LIBPATH'])
-
+link_env.Append (LIBS=['blender_python'])
 link_env.Append (LIBS=user_options_dict['PYTHON_LIBRARY'])
 link_env.Append (LIBPATH=user_options_dict['PYTHON_LIBPATH'])
 link_env.Append (LINKFLAGS=user_options_dict['PYTHON_LINKFLAGS'])
diff --git a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KX_PythonInit.cpp b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KX_PythonInit.cpp
index 7c1b9928f5f..efd00f24a0c 100644
--- a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KX_PythonInit.cpp
+++ b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KX_PythonInit.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include "KX_Scene.h"
 #include "SND_DeviceManager.h"
 
+#include "BPY_extern.h"
 
 static void setSandbox(TPythonSecurityLevel level);
 
@@ -628,7 +629,7 @@ PyObject* initGamePythonScripting(const STR_String& progname, TPythonSecurityLev
 	Py_SetProgramName(pname.Ptr());
 	Py_NoSiteFlag=1;
 	Py_FrozenFlag=1;
-	Py_Initialize();
+	BPY_start_python();
 	setSandbox(level);
 
 	PyObject* moduleobj = PyImport_AddModule("__main__");
@@ -639,7 +640,7 @@ PyObject* initGamePythonScripting(const STR_String& progname, TPythonSecurityLev
 
 void exitGamePythonScripting()
 {
-	Py_Finalize();
+	BPY_end_python();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/Makefile b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/Makefile
index f12e1c08ed4..d5dee041e3e 100644
--- a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/Makefile
+++ b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ include nan_compile.mk
 CCFLAGS += $(LEVEL_1_CPP_WARNINGS)
 
 CPPFLAGS += $(OGL_CPPFLAGS)
-CPPFLAGS += -I$(NAN_PYTHON)/include/python$(NAN_PYTHON_VERSION)
+CPPFLAGS += -I$(NAN_PYTHON)/include/python$(NAN_PYTHON_VERSION) -I../../blender/python
 CPPFLAGS += -I$(NAN_STRING)/include    
 CPPFLAGS += -I$(NAN_SOUNDSYSTEM)/include    
 CPPFLAGS += -I$(NAN_FUZZICS)/include -I$(NAN_SUMO) -I$(NAN_MOTO)/include
diff --git a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/SConscript b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/SConscript
index 4789138d1c2..8f8b868a877 100644
--- a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/SConscript
+++ b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/SConscript
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ ketsji_env.Append (CPPPATH = ['.',
                               '#source/blender',
                               '#source/blender/include',
                               '#source/blender/makesdna',
+                              '#source/blender/python',
                               '#source/gameengine/Rasterizer',
                               '#source/gameengine/GameLogic',
                               '#source/gameengine/Expressions',