diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 95401e0a7d..e51512d4f2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
 *~
+wine-py2exe/
+py2exe.log
diff --git a/build_exe.py b/build_exe.py
index 338c10f66e..9fa8186cbf 100644
--- a/build_exe.py
+++ b/build_exe.py
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 import py2exe
 import sys, os
 
+"""This will create an exe that needs Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package"""
+
 # If run without args, build executables
 if len(sys.argv) == 1:
     sys.argv.append("py2exe")
 
-os.chdir(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))
+# os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))) # conflict with wine-py2exe.sh
 sys.path.append('./youtube_dl')
 
 options = {
diff --git a/devscripts/SizeOfImage.patch b/devscripts/SizeOfImage.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5845af464
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diff --git a/devscripts/SizeOfImage_w.patch b/devscripts/SizeOfImage_w.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1a338ff3e
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diff --git a/devscripts/wine-py2exe.sh b/devscripts/wine-py2exe.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..319ffcbc8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devscripts/wine-py2exe.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Run with as parameter a setup.py that works in the current directory
+# e.g. no os.chdir()
+# It will run twice, the first time will crash
+
+set -e
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "$0" )" && pwd )"
+
+if [ ! -d wine-py2exe ]; then
+
+    sudo apt-get install wine1.3 axel bsdiff
+
+    mkdir wine-py2exe
+    cd wine-py2exe
+    export WINEPREFIX=`pwd`
+
+    axel -a "http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7/python-2.7.msi"
+    axel -a "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/py2exe/py2exe/0.6.9/py2exe-0.6.9.win32-py2.7.exe"
+    axel -a "http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/l/lxml/lxml-2.3.win32-py2.7.exe"
+    #axel -a "http://winetricks.org/winetricks"
+
+    # http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=21957
+    echo "Follow python setup on screen"
+    wine msiexec /i python-2.7.msi
+    
+    echo "Follow py2exe setup on screen"
+    wine py2exe-0.6.9.win32-py2.7.exe
+    
+    echo "Follow lxml setup on screen"
+    wine lxml-2.3.win32-py2.7.exe
+    
+    #echo "Follow Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package setup on screen"
+    #bash winetricks vcrun2008
+
+    rm lxml-2.3.win32-py2.7.exe
+    rm py2exe-0.6.9.win32-py2.7.exe
+    rm python-2.7.msi
+    #rm winetricks
+    
+    # http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3591
+    
+    mv drive_c/Python27/Lib/site-packages/py2exe/run.exe drive_c/Python27/Lib/site-packages/py2exe/run.exe.backup
+    bspatch drive_c/Python27/Lib/site-packages/py2exe/run.exe.backup drive_c/Python27/Lib/site-packages/py2exe/run.exe "$SCRIPT_DIR/SizeOfImage.patch"
+    mv drive_c/Python27/Lib/site-packages/py2exe/run_w.exe drive_c/Python27/Lib/site-packages/py2exe/run_w.exe.backup
+    bspatch drive_c/Python27/Lib/site-packages/py2exe/run_w.exe.backup drive_c/Python27/Lib/site-packages/py2exe/run_w.exe "$SCRIPT_DIR/SizeOfImage_w.patch"
+
+    cd -
+    
+else
+
+    export WINEPREFIX="$( cd wine-py2exe && pwd )"
+
+fi
+
+wine "C:\\Python27\\python.exe" "$1" py2exe > "py2exe.log" 2>&1 || true
+echo '# Copying python27.dll' >> "py2exe.log"
+cp "$WINEPREFIX/drive_c/windows/system32/python27.dll" build/bdist.win32/winexe/bundle-2.7/
+wine "C:\\Python27\\python.exe" "$1" py2exe >> "py2exe.log" 2>&1
+
diff --git a/youtube-dl.exe b/youtube-dl.exe
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 29e2219930..ec793eceeb
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