diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index eb4985fddc..563f65a66b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -767,17 +767,21 @@ if( KICAD_SCRIPTING OR KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES )
         endif()
     endif()
 
-    if( NOT APPLE )
-        set( PYTHON_DEST "${PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGE_PATH}"
-            CACHE PATH "Python module install path."
-            )
-    else()
+    if( APPLE )
         # relative path for python in bundle
         set( PYTHON_LIB_DIR "python/site-packages" )
         # install into bundle Frameworks folder
         set( PYTHON_DEST "${OSX_BUNDLE_BUILD_LIB_DIR}/${PYTHON_LIB_DIR}"
             CACHE PATH "Python module install path."
             )
+	elseif( VCPKG_TOOLCHAIN )
+        set( PYTHON_DEST "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/python3/Lib/site-packages"
+            CACHE PATH "Python module install path."
+            )
+    else()
+        set( PYTHON_DEST "${PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGE_PATH}"
+            CACHE PATH "Python module install path."
+            )
     endif()
     mark_as_advanced( PYTHON_DEST )
     message( STATUS "Python module install path: ${PYTHON_DEST}" )
diff --git a/pcbnew/pcbnew.cpp b/pcbnew/pcbnew.cpp
index 1a270688f5..b25c10110c 100644
--- a/pcbnew/pcbnew.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/pcbnew.cpp
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ PGM_BASE* PgmOrNull()
 static bool scriptingSetup()
 {
 
-#if defined( __WINDOWS__ )
+#if defined( __WINDOWS__ ) && !defined( _MSC_VER )
     // If our python.exe (in kicad/bin) exists, force our kicad python environment
     wxString kipython = FindKicadFile( "python.exe" );
 
diff --git a/pcbnew/swig/python_scripting.cpp b/pcbnew/swig/python_scripting.cpp
index 1b9adb8fff..5dd4340b17 100644
--- a/pcbnew/swig/python_scripting.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/swig/python_scripting.cpp
@@ -165,12 +165,12 @@ bool pcbnewInitPythonScripting( const char * aUserScriptingPath )
     // Under vcpkg/msvc, we need to explicitly set the python home
     // or else it'll start consuming system python registry keys and the like instead
     // We are going to follow the "unix" layout for the msvc/vcpkg distributions so exes in /root/bin
-    // And the python lib in /root/share/python3(/Lib,/DLLs)
+    // And the python lib in /root/lib/python3(/Lib,/DLLs)
     wxFileName pyHome;
 
     pyHome.Assign( Pgm().GetExecutablePath() );
     pyHome.AppendDir( wxT("..") );
-    pyHome.AppendDir( wxT("share") );
+    pyHome.AppendDir( wxT("lib") );
     pyHome.AppendDir( wxT("python3") );
 
     pyHome.Normalize();