#define EV_BACKENDS_GROUP     "Evince Backend"
 #define EV_BACKENDS_EXTENSION ".evince-backend"
 
+static gchar *backendsdir = NULL;
+
+static const gchar *
+backends_dir (void)
+{
+       if (!backendsdir) {
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+               gchar *dir;
+
+               dir = g_win32_get_package_installation_directory_of_module (NULL);
+               backendsdir = g_build_filename (dir, "lib", "evince",
+                                               EV_BACKENDSBINARYVERSION,
+                                               "backends", NULL);
+               g_free (dir);
+#else
+               backendsdir = g_strdup (EV_BACKENDSDIR);
+#endif
+       }
+
+       return backendsdir;
+}
+
 static void
 ev_backend_info_free (EvBackendInfo *info)
 {
        const gchar *dirent;
        GError      *error = NULL;
 
-       dir = g_dir_open (EV_BACKENDSDIR, 0, &error);
+       dir = g_dir_open (backends_dir(), 0, &error);
        if (!dir) {
                g_warning ("%s", error->message);
                g_error_free (error);
                if (!g_str_has_suffix (dirent, EV_BACKENDS_EXTENSION))
                        continue;
 
-               file = g_build_filename (EV_BACKENDSDIR, dirent, NULL);
+               file = g_build_filename (backends_dir(), dirent, NULL);
                info = ev_backends_manager_load_backend (file);
                g_free (file);
 
        g_list_foreach (ev_backends_list, (GFunc)ev_backend_info_free, NULL);
        g_list_free (ev_backends_list);
        ev_backends_list = NULL;
+
+       g_free (backendsdir);
 }
 
 static EvBackendInfo *
        if (!info->module) {
                gchar *path;
                
-               path = g_module_build_path (EV_BACKENDSDIR, info->module_name);
+               path = g_module_build_path (backends_dir(), info->module_name);
                info->module = G_TYPE_MODULE (ev_module_new (path, info->resident));
                g_free (path);
        }