diff --git a/methods.py b/methods.py
index a4283384998..344d76f0d47 100755
--- a/methods.py
+++ b/methods.py
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ def android_add_to_attributes(self,file):
 def disable_module(self):
 	self.disabled_modules.append(self.current_module)
 
-def use_windows_spawn_fix(self):
+def use_windows_spawn_fix(self, platform=None):
 
     if (os.name!="nt"):
 	return #not needed, only for windows
@@ -1322,10 +1322,13 @@ def use_windows_spawn_fix(self):
     import subprocess
 
     def mySubProcess(cmdline,env):
-	    #print "SPAWNED : " + cmdline
+	    prefix = ""
+	    if(platform == 'javascript'):
+	        prefix = "python.exe "
+
 	    startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
 	    startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
-	    proc = subprocess.Popen(cmdline, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+	    proc = subprocess.Popen(prefix + cmdline, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
 		    stderr=subprocess.PIPE, startupinfo=startupinfo, shell = False, env = env)
 	    data, err = proc.communicate()
 	    rv = proc.wait()
diff --git a/platform/javascript/detect.py b/platform/javascript/detect.py
index ae33a43f0d7..d76a20bea70 100644
--- a/platform/javascript/detect.py
+++ b/platform/javascript/detect.py
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ def get_flags():
 
 
 def configure(env):
+	env['ENV'] = os.environ;
+	env.use_windows_spawn_fix('javascript')
+
 	env.Append(CPPPATH=['#platform/javascript'])
 
 	em_path=os.environ["EMSCRIPTEN_ROOT"]