diff --git a/direct/src/directscripts/runPythonEmacs b/direct/src/directscripts/runPythonEmacs
index a8c397b19b..301d2ad1f6 100755
--- a/direct/src/directscripts/runPythonEmacs
+++ b/direct/src/directscripts/runPythonEmacs
@@ -39,6 +39,18 @@ if [ "$WINTOOLS" ]; then
     export WINTOOLS
 fi
 
+if [ "DMODELS" ]; then
+    DMODELS=`cygpath -w $DMODELS`
+    export DMODELS
+fi
+
+if [ "$TTMODELS" ]; then
+    TTMODELS=`cygpath -w $TTMODELS`
+    export TTMODELS
+fi
+
+
+
 # Export the proper home environment variable
 HOME=`cygpath -w $HOME`
 export HOME