--- a/pymake/process.py
+++ b/pymake/process.py
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 """
 Skipping shell invocations is good, when possible. This wrapper around subprocess does dirty work of
 parsing command lines into argv and making sure that no shell magic is being used.
 """
 
 #TODO: ship pyprocessing?
 import multiprocessing
 import subprocess, shlex, re, logging, sys, traceback, os, imp, glob
+import site
 from collections import deque
 # XXXkhuey Work around http://bugs.python.org/issue1731717
 subprocess._cleanup = lambda: None
 import command, util
 if sys.platform=='win32':
     import win32process
 
 _log = logging.getLogger('pymake.process')
@@ -342,38 +343,29 @@ class PythonException(Exception):
         self.message = message
         self.exitcode = exitcode
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.message
 
 def load_module_recursive(module, path):
     """
-    Emulate the behavior of __import__, but allow
-    passing a custom path to search for modules.
+    Like __import__, but allow passing a custom path to search for modules.
     """
-    bits = module.split('.')
     oldsyspath = sys.path
-    for i, bit in enumerate(bits):
-        dotname = '.'.join(bits[:i+1])
-        try:
-          f, path, desc = imp.find_module(bit, path)
-          # Add the directory the module was found in to sys.path
-          if path != '':
-              abspath = os.path.abspath(path)
-              if not os.path.isdir(abspath):
-                  abspath = os.path.dirname(path)
-              sys.path = [abspath] + sys.path
-          m = imp.load_module(dotname, f, path, desc)
-          if f is None:
-              path = m.__path__
-        except ImportError:
-            return
-        finally:
-            sys.path = oldsyspath
+    sys.path = []
+    for p in path:
+        site.addsitedir(p)
+    sys.path.extend(oldsyspath)
+    try:
+        __import__(module)
+    except ImportError:
+        return
+    finally:
+        sys.path = oldsyspath
 
 class PythonJob(Job):
     """
     A job that calls a Python method.
     """
     def __init__(self, module, method, argv, env, cwd, pycommandpath=None):
         self.module = module
         self.method = method