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diff --git a/python/libghdl/__init__.py b/python/libghdl/__init__.py
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+import ctypes
+from os import environ
+from os.path import dirname, join
+from shutil import which
+from libghdl.config import __libghdl__
+
+
+def _to_char_p(arg):
+    return ctypes.c_char_p(arg), len(arg)
+
+
+def get_ghdl_path():
+    _dir = None
+    for envvar in [environ.get(item) for item in ['GHDL_BIN_PATH', 'VUNIT_GHDL_PATH']]:
+        if envvar:
+            _dir = envvar
+            break
+    if not _dir:
+        _dir = which(environ.get('GHDL', 'ghdl'))
+    if _dir:
+        _dir = join(dirname(_dir), '..', 'lib')
+    return _dir
+
+
+_basedir = get_ghdl_path() or dirname(__file__)
+
+libghdl = ctypes.CDLL(join(_basedir, __libghdl__))
+
+libghdl.libghdl_init()
+
+
+def set_option(opt):
+    arg = _to_char_p(opt)
+    return libghdl.libghdl__set_option(arg[0], arg[1])
+
+
+def analyze_init():
+    return libghdl.libghdl__analyze_init()
+
+
+def analyze_file(fname):
+    arg = _to_char_p(fname)
+    return libghdl.libghdl__analyze_file(arg[0], arg[1])
+
+
+_prefix = environ.get("LIBGHDL_PREFIX") or '--PREFIX=%s' % join(_basedir, 'ghdl')
+set_option(_prefix.encode('utf-8'))