diff --git a/bootstrap-carla.sh b/bootstrap-carla.sh
index ae19453..ef6354a 100755
--- a/bootstrap-carla.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-carla.sh
@@ -204,6 +204,13 @@ if [ "${MACOS}" -eq 0 ]; then
     build_autoconf libffi "${LIBFFI_VERSION}"
 fi
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# wine bootstrap for python (needed for cross-compilation)
+
+if [ "${WIN32}" -eq 1 ] && [ -n "${EXE_WRAPPER}" ]; then
+    env WINEARCH="${PAWPAW_TARGET}" WINEDLLOVERRIDES="mscoree,mshtml=" wineboot -u
+fi
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # python
 
diff --git a/patches/pyliblo/win32 b/patches/pyliblo/win32
deleted file mode 120000
index d66298e..0000000
--- a/patches/pyliblo/win32
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-common
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/patches/pyliblo/win32/01_python3.7+-support.patch b/patches/pyliblo/win32/01_python3.7+-support.patch
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..a0124d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/pyliblo/win32/01_python3.7+-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../common/01_python3.7+-support.patch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/patches/pyliblo/common/02_win32-build-fix.patch b/patches/pyliblo/win32/02_win32-build-fix.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from patches/pyliblo/common/02_win32-build-fix.patch
rename to patches/pyliblo/win32/02_win32-build-fix.patch