--- pyuno/source/loader/pyuno_loader.cxx.orig	2019-09-17 22:55:18 UTC
+++ pyuno/source/loader/pyuno_loader.cxx
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ static void setPythonHome ( const OUString & pythonHom
     OUString systemPythonHome;
     osl_getSystemPathFromFileURL( pythonHome.pData, &(systemPythonHome.pData) );
     OString o = rtl::OUStringToOString( systemPythonHome, osl_getThreadTextEncoding() );
+#if ((PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3) && (PY_MINOR_VERSION >= 5)) || (PY_MAJOR_VERSION > 3)
+    static wchar_t wpath[PATH_MAX + 1];
+    wpath = Py_DecodeLocale(o.pData->buffer, PATH_MAX + 1);
+    Py_SetPythonHome(wpath);
+#else
     rtl_string_acquire(o.pData); // leak this string (thats the api!)
     Py_SetPythonHome( o.pData->buffer);
 }