--- blender/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_interface.c	2009-08-15 13:35:16.974227385 +0200
+++ blender/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_interface.c	2009-08-15 13:37:00.120228302 +0200
@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@
 	Py_Initialize(  );
 	
 	// PySys_SetArgv( argc, argv); // broken in py3, not a huge deal
+
+	/* Sanitize sys.path to prevent relative imports loading modules in
+	 * the current working directory */
+	PyRun_SimpleString("import sys; sys.path = filter(None, sys.path)");
+
 	/* sigh, why do python guys not have a char** version anymore? :( */
 	{
 		int i;