diff --git a/src/App/Application.cpp b/src/App/Application.cpp
index 54099df40c..0f3fce5d17 100644
--- a/src/App/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/App/Application.cpp
@@ -2636,8 +2636,8 @@ void Application::initConfig(int argc, char ** argv)
         Py_DECREF(pyModule);
     }
 
-    const char* pythonpath = Base::Interpreter().init(argc,argv);
-    if (pythonpath)
+    std::string pythonpath = Base::Interpreter().init(argc,argv);
+    if (!pythonpath.empty())
         mConfig["PythonSearchPath"] = pythonpath;
     else
         Base::Console().Warning("Encoding of Python paths failed\n");
diff --git a/src/Base/Interpreter.cpp b/src/Base/Interpreter.cpp
index 561c7798d8..de026dd469 100644
--- a/src/Base/Interpreter.cpp
+++ b/src/Base/Interpreter.cpp
@@ -538,8 +538,36 @@ void InterpreterSingleton::addPythonPath(const char* Path)
     list.append(Py::String(Path));
 }
 
+std::string InterpreterSingleton::getPythonPath()
+{
+    // Construct something that looks like the output of the now-deprecated Py_GetPath
+    PyGILStateLocker lock;
+    PyObject* path = PySys_GetObject("path");
+    std::string result;
+    const char* separator = ":";  // Use ":" on Unix-like systems, ";" on Windows
+#ifdef FC_OS_WIN32
+    separator = ";";
+#endif
+    Py_ssize_t length = PyList_Size(path);
+    for (Py_ssize_t i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
+        PyObject* item = PyList_GetItem(path, i);  // Borrowed reference
+        if (!item) {
+            throw Base::RuntimeError("Failed to retrieve item from path");
+        }
+        const char* item_str = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(item);
+        if (!item_str) {
+            throw Base::RuntimeError("Failed to convert path item to UTF-8 string");
+        }
+        if (!result.empty()) {
+            result += separator;
+        }
+        result += item_str;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x030b0000
-const char* InterpreterSingleton::init(int argc, char* argv[])
+std::string InterpreterSingleton::init(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     if (!Py_IsInitialized()) {
         Py_SetProgramName(Py_DecodeLocale(argv[0], nullptr));
@@ -617,7 +645,7 @@ void initInterpreter(int argc, char* argv[])
     Py_Initialize();
 }
 }  // namespace
-const char* InterpreterSingleton::init(int argc, char* argv[])
+std::string InterpreterSingleton::init(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     try {
         if (!Py_IsInitialized()) {
@@ -626,9 +654,7 @@ const char* InterpreterSingleton::init(int argc, char* argv[])
             PythonStdOutput::init_type();
             this->_global = PyEval_SaveThread();
         }
-
-        PyGILStateLocker lock;
-        return Py_EncodeLocale(Py_GetPath(), nullptr);
+        return getPythonPath();
     }
     catch (const Base::Exception& e) {
         e.ReportException();
diff --git a/src/Base/Interpreter.h b/src/Base/Interpreter.h
index f2787a4d22..e2196a3897 100644
--- a/src/Base/Interpreter.h
+++ b/src/Base/Interpreter.h
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ public:
     bool loadModule(const char* psModName);
     /// Add an additional python path
     void addPythonPath(const char* Path);
+    /// Get the path (replaces the deprecated Py_GetPath method)
+    std::string getPythonPath();
     static void addType(PyTypeObject* Type, PyObject* Module, const char* Name);
     /// Add a module and return a PyObject to it
     PyObject* addModule(Py::ExtensionModuleBase*);
@@ -313,7 +315,7 @@ public:
      */
     //@{
     /// init the interpreter and returns the module search path
-    const char* init(int argc, char* argv[]);
+    std::string init(int argc, char* argv[]);
     int runCommandLine(const char* prompt);
     void replaceStdOutput();
     static InterpreterSingleton& Instance();
diff --git a/src/Main/MainCmd.cpp b/src/Main/MainCmd.cpp
index 8dba8a5ef2..01ffa7bd78 100644
--- a/src/Main/MainCmd.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/MainCmd.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         msg << "While initializing " << appName << " the following exception occurred: '"
             << e.what() << "'\n\n";
         msg << "Python is searching for its runtime files in the following directories:\n"
-            << Py_EncodeLocale(Py_GetPath(), nullptr) << "\n\n";
+            << Base::Interpreter().getPythonPath() << "\n\n";
         msg << "Python version information:\n" << Py_GetVersion() << "\n";
         const char* pythonhome = getenv("PYTHONHOME");
         if (pythonhome) {
diff --git a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
index bcb07ffd19..1066298cab 100644
--- a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
                           "Python version information:\n%4\n")
                   .arg(appName,
                        QString::fromUtf8(e.what()),
-                       QString::fromUtf8(Py_EncodeLocale(Py_GetPath(), nullptr)),
+                       QString::fromStdString(Base::Interpreter().getPythonPath()),
                        QString::fromLatin1(Py_GetVersion()));
         const char* pythonhome = getenv("PYTHONHOME");
         if (pythonhome) {