diff --git a/picard/const/sys.py b/picard/const/sys.py
index bff4d8bfe..8c32fc063 100644
--- a/picard/const/sys.py
+++ b/picard/const/sys.py
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ IS_HAIKU = sys.platform == 'haiku1'
 
 # These variables are set by pyinstaller if running from a packaged build
 # See http://pyinstaller.readthedocs.io/en/stable/runtime-information.html
-IS_FROZEN = getattr(sys, 'frozen', False)
+IS_FROZEN = getattr(sys, 'frozen', False) and hasattr(sys, '_MEIPASS')
 FROZEN_TEMP_PATH = getattr(sys, '_MEIPASS', '')
diff --git a/tagger.py.in b/tagger.py.in
index 91bab7d67..ff34cf871 100644
--- a/tagger.py.in
+++ b/tagger.py.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import sys
 sys.path.insert(0, '.')
 
 # This is needed to find resources when using pyinstaller
-if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
+if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False) and hasattr(sys, '_MEIPASS'):
     basedir = getattr(sys, '_MEIPASS', '')
 else:
     basedir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))