diff --git a/src/bin/gnucash-bin.c b/src/bin/gnucash-bin.c
index 4dcc4cc923..24ab9a3f01 100644
--- a/src/bin/gnucash-bin.c
+++ b/src/bin/gnucash-bin.c
@@ -374,8 +374,14 @@ load_gnucash_modules()
             gnc_module_load(modules[i].name, modules[i].version);
     }
     if (!gnc_engine_is_initialized()) {
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+        g_warning("GnuCash engine indicates it hasn't been initialized correctly. On Windows this mechanism is know not to work. Ignoring for now.\n");
+        /* See more detailed discussion here
+	   https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2006-September/018529.html */
+#else
         g_error("GnuCash engine failed to initialize.  Exiting.\n");
         exit(0);
+#endif
     }
 }