diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e4796187a2b..ce881f24e97 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ endif()
 
 TEST_SSE_SUPPORT()
 
+# linux only, not cached
+set(WITH_BINRELOC OFF)
+
 # disabled for now, not supported
 # option(WITH_WEBPLUGIN     "Enable Web Plugin (Unix only)" OFF)
 
@@ -346,12 +349,15 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 	set(LLIBS "-lutil -lc -lm -lpthread -lstdc++ ${X11_X11_LIB} ${X11_Xinput_LIB}")
 
 	if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
-		# BSD's dont use libdl.so
-		list(APPEND LLIBS -ldl)
+		if(NOT WITH_PYTHON_MODULE)
+			# BSD's dont use libdl.so
+			list(APPEND LLIBS -ldl)
 
-		# binreloc is linux only
-		set(BINRELOC ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extern/binreloc)
-		set(BINRELOC_INC ${BINRELOC}/include)
+			# binreloc is linux only
+			set(BINRELOC ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/extern/binreloc)
+			set(BINRELOC_INC ${BINRELOC}/include)
+			set(WITH_BINRELOC ON)
+		endif()
 	endif()
 
 	set(PLATFORM_LINKFLAGS "-pthread")
diff --git a/extern/CMakeLists.txt b/extern/CMakeLists.txt
index 52b804b7bfc..999e60980db 100644
--- a/extern/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/extern/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ if(WITH_BULLET)
 	add_subdirectory(bullet2)
 endif()
 
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
+if(WITH_BINRELOC)
 	add_subdirectory(binreloc)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/CMakeLists.txt b/source/blender/blenlib/CMakeLists.txt
index 9f6b1a8ab05..d5ed8956f7a 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ set(SRC
 	intern/dynamiclist.h
 )
 
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
+if(WITH_BINRELOC)
+	add_definitions(-DWITH_BINRELOC)
 	list(APPEND INC "${BINRELOC_INC}")
 endif()
 
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/path_util.c b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/path_util.c
index ec137d21033..10455e806b3 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/path_util.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/path_util.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
 #else /* non windows */
 
-#ifdef __linux__
+#ifdef WITH_BINRELOC
 #include "binreloc.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ void BLI_where_am_i(char *fullname, const int maxlen, const char *name)
 #endif
 
 	
-#ifdef __linux__
+#ifdef WITH_BINRELOC
 	/* linux uses binreloc since argv[0] is not relyable, call br_init( NULL ) first */
 	path = br_find_exe( NULL );
 	if (path) {
diff --git a/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_interface.c b/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_interface.c
index d1773e5fd7a..b6f0182a267 100644
--- a/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_interface.c
+++ b/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_interface.c
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@ int BPY_context_member_get(bContext *C, const char *member, bContextDataResult *
 
 
 #ifdef WITH_PYTHON_MODULE
+#include "BLI_storage.h"
 /* TODO, reloading the module isnt functional at the moment. */
 
 extern int main_python(int argc, const char **argv);
@@ -687,9 +688,16 @@ static struct PyModuleDef bpy_proxy_def = {
 PyMODINIT_FUNC
 PyInit_bpy(void)
 {
-	int argc= 0;
-	const char *argv[]={NULL};
-	
+	int argc= 1;
+	char *argv[2]={NULL, NULL};
+
+	/* give the CWD as the first arg, blender uses */
+	char path[240]= "";
+	BLI_getwdN(path, sizeof(path));
+	BLI_join_dirfile(path, sizeof(path), path, "bpy");
+	argv[0]= path;
+	/* done with cwd */
+
 	main_python(argc, argv);
 
 	/* initialized in BPy_init_modules() */
diff --git a/source/blenderplayer/CMakeLists.txt b/source/blenderplayer/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ef06e9fc21..8f1730eb8fb 100644
--- a/source/blenderplayer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/blenderplayer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if(WITH_CODEC_QUICKTIME)
 	add_definitions(-DWITH_QUICKTIME)
 endif()
 
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
+if(WITH_BINRELOC)
 	add_definitions(-DWITH_BINRELOC)
 	blender_include_dirs(${BINRELOC_INC})
 endif()
diff --git a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt b/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
index 01cea0565ab..19b62b0ce68 100644
--- a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ if(NOT WITH_SDL)
 	add_definitions(-DDISABLE_SDL)
 endif()
 
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
+if(WITH_BINRELOC)
 	add_definitions(-DWITH_BINRELOC)
 	blender_include_dirs(${BINRELOC_INC})
 endif()
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ endif()
 		bf_intern_mikktspace
 	)
 
-	if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
+	if(WITH_BINRELOC)
 		list(APPEND BLENDER_SORTED_LIBS extern_binreloc)
 	endif()