diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 3803e7bec..587da249d 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Sergey Nikishin
 Shawn O. Pearce
 Shuhei Tanuma
 Steve Frécinaux
+Sven Strickroth
 Tim Branyen
 Tim Clem
 Tim Harder
diff --git a/src/win32/findfile.c b/src/win32/findfile.c
index 8c4fc7a4a..6fc7c7513 100644
--- a/src/win32/findfile.c
+++ b/src/win32/findfile.c
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 #include "path.h"
 #include "findfile.h"
 
+#define REG_MSYSGIT_INSTALL_LOCAL L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\Git_is1"
 #ifndef _WIN64
-#define REG_MSYSGIT_INSTALL L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\Git_is1"
+#define REG_MSYSGIT_INSTALL REG_MSYSGIT_INSTALL_LOCAL
 #else
 #define REG_MSYSGIT_INSTALL L"SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\Git_is1"
 #endif
@@ -113,31 +114,12 @@ int win32_find_system_file_using_registry(git_buf *path, const char *filename)
 {
 	struct win32_path root;
 
-	HKEY hKey;
-	DWORD dwType = REG_SZ;
-	DWORD dwSize = MAX_PATH;
-
-	root.len = 0;
-	if (RegOpenKeyExW(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, REG_MSYSGIT_INSTALL, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, &hKey) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
-	{
-		if (RegQueryValueExW(hKey, L"InstallLocation", NULL, &dwType,(LPBYTE)&root.path, &dwSize) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
-		{
-			// InstallLocation points to the root of the msysgit directory
-			if (dwSize + 4 > MAX_PATH) // 4 = wcslen(L"etc\\")
-			{
-				giterr_set(GITERR_OS, "Cannot locate the system's msysgit directory - path too long");
-				return -1;
-			}
-			wcscat(root.path, L"etc\\");
-			root.len = (DWORD)wcslen(root.path) + 1;
+	if (win32_find_msysgit_in_registry(&root, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, REG_MSYSGIT_INSTALL_LOCAL)) {
+		if (win32_find_msysgit_in_registry(&root, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, REG_MSYSGIT_INSTALL)) {
+			giterr_set(GITERR_OS, "Cannot locate the system's msysgit directory");
+			return -1;
 		}
 	}
-	RegCloseKey(hKey);
-
-	if (!root.len) {
-		giterr_set(GITERR_OS, "Cannot locate the system's msysgit directory");
-		return -1;
-	}
 
 	if (win32_find_file(path, &root, filename) < 0) {
 		giterr_set(GITERR_OS, "The system file '%s' doesn't exist", filename);
@@ -147,3 +129,28 @@ int win32_find_system_file_using_registry(git_buf *path, const char *filename)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int win32_find_msysgit_in_registry(struct win32_path *root, const HKEY hieve, const wchar_t *key)
+{
+	HKEY hKey;
+	DWORD dwType = REG_SZ;
+	DWORD dwSize = MAX_PATH;
+
+	assert(root);
+
+	root->len = 0;
+	if (RegOpenKeyExW(hieve, key, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, &hKey) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+		if (RegQueryValueExW(hKey, L"InstallLocation", NULL, &dwType, (LPBYTE)&root->path, &dwSize) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+			// InstallLocation points to the root of the msysgit directory
+			if (dwSize + 4 > MAX_PATH) {// 4 = wcslen(L"etc\\")
+				giterr_set(GITERR_OS, "Cannot locate the system's msysgit directory - path too long");
+				return -1;
+			}
+			wcscat(root->path, L"etc\\");
+			root->len = (DWORD)wcslen(root->path) + 1;
+		}
+	}
+	RegCloseKey(hKey);
+
+	return root->len ? 0 : GIT_ENOTFOUND;
+}
diff --git a/src/win32/findfile.h b/src/win32/findfile.h
index 918991cf9..47fe71596 100644
--- a/src/win32/findfile.h
+++ b/src/win32/findfile.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ int win32_expand_path(struct win32_path *s_root, const wchar_t *templ);
 int win32_find_file(git_buf *path, const struct win32_path *root, const char *filename);
 int win32_find_system_file_using_path(git_buf *path, const char *filename);
 int win32_find_system_file_using_registry(git_buf *path, const char *filename);
+int win32_find_msysgit_in_registry(struct win32_path *root, const HKEY hieve, const wchar_t *key);
 
 #endif