@@ -142,5 +142,46 @@ public void SetProgramName()
             Assert.AreEqual(programName, PythonEngine.ProgramName);
             PythonEngine.Shutdown();
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void SetPythonPath()
+        {
+            if (Runtime.Runtime.pyversion == "2.7")
+            {
+                // Assert.Skip outputs as a warning (ie. pending to fix)
+                Assert.Pass();
+            }
+
+            PythonEngine.Initialize();
+            string path = PythonEngine.PythonPath;
+            PythonEngine.Shutdown();
+
+            PythonEngine.ProgramName = path;
+            PythonEngine.Initialize();
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(path, PythonEngine.PythonPath);
+            PythonEngine.Shutdown();
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void SetPythonPathExceptionOn27()
+        {
+            if (Runtime.Runtime.pyversion != "2.7")
+            {
+                Assert.Pass();
+            }
+
+            // Get previous path to avoid crashing Python
+            PythonEngine.Initialize();
+            string path = PythonEngine.PythonPath;
+            PythonEngine.Shutdown();
+
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<NotSupportedException>(() => PythonEngine.PythonPath = "foo");
+            Assert.AreEqual("Set PythonPath not supported on Python 2", ex.Message);
+
+            PythonEngine.Initialize();
+            Assert.AreEqual(path, PythonEngine.PythonPath);
+            PythonEngine.Shutdown();
+        }
     }
 }
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ public static string PythonPath
             }
             set
             {
+                if (Runtime.IsPython2)
+                {
+                    throw new NotSupportedException("Set PythonPath not supported on Python 2");
+                }
                 Marshal.FreeHGlobal(_pythonPath);
                 _pythonPath = UcsMarshaler.Py3UnicodePy2StringtoPtr(value);
                 Runtime.Py_SetPath(_pythonPath);
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@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ public static string PythonPath
95	95	}
96	96	set
97	97	{
	98	+ if (Runtime.IsPython2)
	99	+ {
	100	+ throw new NotSupportedException("Set PythonPath not supported on Python 2");
	101	+ }
98	102	Marshal.FreeHGlobal(_pythonPath);
99	103	_pythonPath = UcsMarshaler.Py3UnicodePy2StringtoPtr(value);
100	104	Runtime.Py_SetPath(_pythonPath);