diff --git a/deps/obs-scripting/obs-scripting-python-import.c b/deps/obs-scripting/obs-scripting-python-import.c
index 5a6068179..c8f74efb5 100644
--- a/deps/obs-scripting/obs-scripting-python-import.c
+++ b/deps/obs-scripting/obs-scripting-python-import.c
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@
 #define SO_EXT ".dylib"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#define PYTHON_LIB_SUBDIR "lib/"
+#else
+#define PYTHON_LIB_SUBDIR ""
+#endif
+
 bool import_python(const char *python_path)
 {
 	struct dstr lib_path;
@@ -44,7 +50,7 @@ bool import_python(const char *python_path)
 	dstr_init_copy(&lib_path, python_path);
 	dstr_replace(&lib_path, "\\", "/");
 	if (!dstr_is_empty(&lib_path)) {
-		dstr_cat(&lib_path, "/");
+		dstr_cat(&lib_path, "/" PYTHON_LIB_SUBDIR);
 	}
 	dstr_cat(&lib_path, PYTHON_LIB SO_EXT);