diff --git a/Lib/test/test_platform.py b/Lib/test/test_platform.py
index 3f29613026c..5f875eff6c7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_platform.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_platform.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ class PlatformTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @support.skip_unless_symlink
     def test_architecture_via_symlink(self): # issue3762
-        # On Windows, the EXE needs to know where pythonXY.dll is at so we have
-        # to add the directory to the path.
+        # On Windows, the EXE needs to know where pythonXY.dll and *.pyd is at
+        # so we add the directory to the path and PYTHONPATH.
         if sys.platform == "win32":
             def restore_environ(old_env):
                 os.environ.clear()
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class PlatformTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
             os.environ["Path"] = "{};{}".format(
                 os.path.dirname(sys.executable), os.environ["Path"])
+            os.environ["PYTHONPATH"] = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
 
         def get(python):
             cmd = [python, '-c',