diff --git a/src/plugins/aspell/aspellclient.cpp b/src/plugins/aspell/aspellclient.cpp
--- a/src/plugins/aspell/aspellclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/aspell/aspellclient.cpp
@@ -24,13 +24,20 @@
 
 #include "aspell_debug.h"
 #include <QtPlugin>
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+#include <QCoreApplication>
+#endif
 
 using namespace Sonnet;
 
 ASpellClient::ASpellClient(QObject *parent)
     : Client(parent)
 {
     m_config = new_aspell_config();
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+	aspell_config_replace(m_config, "data-dir", QString::fromLatin1("%1/data/aspell").arg(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()).toLatin1().constData());
+	aspell_config_replace(m_config, "dict-dir", QString::fromLatin1("%1/data/aspell").arg(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()).toLatin1().constData());
+#endif
 }
 
 ASpellClient::~ASpellClient()
diff --git a/src/plugins/aspell/aspelldict.cpp b/src/plugins/aspell/aspelldict.cpp
--- a/src/plugins/aspell/aspelldict.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/aspell/aspelldict.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 #include "aspell_debug.h"
 
 #include <QtCore/QTextCodec>
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+#include <QCoreApplication>
+#endif
 
 using namespace Sonnet;
 
@@ -35,6 +38,11 @@
     /* For reference, please look at BR#87250         */
     aspell_config_replace(m_config, "encoding", "utf-8");
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+	aspell_config_replace(m_config, "data-dir", QString::fromLatin1("%1/data/aspell").arg(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()).toLatin1().constData());
+	aspell_config_replace(m_config, "dict-dir", QString::fromLatin1("%1/data/aspell").arg(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()).toLatin1().constData());
+#endif
+
     AspellCanHaveError *possible_err = new_aspell_speller(m_config);
 
     if (aspell_error_number(possible_err) != 0) {