--- a/gdb/python/python.c	2013-03-28 18:46:53.000000000 +0200
+++ b/gdb/python/python.c	2013-10-27 05:28:35.761204091 +0200
@@ -1568,6 +1568,16 @@ message == an error message without a st
 #endif
 #endif
 
+
+  char readlinkbuffer[BUFSIZ];
+  int readlinks = readlink("/proc/self/exe", readlinkbuffer, BUFSIZ - 1);
+  readlinkbuffer[readlinks] = 0; 
+  char *executeablepath = dirname(readlinkbuffer);
+  char *pythonhome = malloc(strlen(executeablepath) + strlen("/python/") + 2);
+  strcpy(pythonhome, executeablepath);
+  strcat(pythonhome, "/python/");
+  setenv("PYTHONHOME", pythonhome, 1);
+
   Py_Initialize ();
   PyEval_InitThreads ();