diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 85a2805b9..0680ae53e 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -1073,6 +1073,10 @@ if 'install' in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS:
     # Data files
     install('$inst_datadir', mglob(env, pjoin('data','inputs'), 'cti', 'xml'))
 
+    # Converter scripts
+    install('$inst_bindir', 'interfaces/python/ck2cti.py')
+    install('$inst_bindir', 'interfaces/python/ctml_writer.py')
+
 ### List of libraries needed to link to Cantera ###
 linkLibs = ['cantera']
 linkSharedLibs = ['cantera_shared']
diff --git a/src/base/application.cpp b/src/base/application.cpp
index c18ddd866..0be77c8fb 100644
--- a/src/base/application.cpp
+++ b/src/base/application.cpp
@@ -648,11 +648,24 @@ void Application::setDefaultDirectories()
     // 'templates' subdirectories of the main installation directory.
 
     std::string installDir;
-    readStringRegistryKey("SOFTWARE\\Cantera\\Cantera 2.0", "InstallDir", installDir, "");
-    if (installDir != "") {
-        dirs.push_back(installDir + "data");
-        dirs.push_back(installDir + "templates");
+    readStringRegistryKey("SOFTWARE\\Cantera\\Cantera 2.0",
+                          "InstallDir", installDir, "");
+    if (installDir == "") {
+        return;
     }
+    dirs.push_back(installDir + "data");
+    dirs.push_back(installDir + "templates");
+
+    // Scripts for converting mechanisms to CTI and CMTL formats are installed
+    // In the 'bin' subdirectory. Add that directory to the PYTHONPATH.
+    const char* old_pythonpath = getenv("PYTHONPATH");
+    std::string pythonpath = "PYTHONPATH=" + installDir + "\\bin";
+    if (old_pythonpath) {
+        pythonpath += ";";
+        pythonpath.append(old_pythonpath);
+    }
+    putenv(pythonpath.c_str());
+
 #endif
 
 #ifdef DARWIN