diff --git a/src/borg/__main__.py b/src/borg/__main__.py
index 3e7f47452..73a2187de 100644
--- a/src/borg/__main__.py
+++ b/src/borg/__main__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,15 @@
+import sys
+import os
+
+# On windows loading the bundled libcrypto dll fails if the folder
+# containing the dll is not in the search path. The dll is shipped
+# with python in the "DLLs" folder, so let's add this folder
+# to the path. The folder is always in sys.path, get it from there.
+if sys.platform.startswith('win32'):
+    # Keep it an iterable to support multiple folder which contain "DLLs".
+    dll_path = (p for p in sys.path if 'DLLs' in os.path.normpath(p).split(os.path.sep))
+    os.environ['PATH'] = os.pathsep.join(dll_path) + os.pathsep + os.environ['PATH']
+
+
 from borg.archiver import main
 main()