diff --git a/src/BinDeps.jl b/src/BinDeps.jl
index 7a63649..20da528 100644
--- a/src/BinDeps.jl
+++ b/src/BinDeps.jl
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ module BinDeps
 
 using Compat
 
+if VERSION >= v"0.7.0-DEV.3073"
+    const _HOME = Sys.BINDIR
+else
+    const _HOME = JULIA_HOME
+end
+
 export @build_steps, find_library, download_cmd, unpack_cmd,
     Choice, Choices, CCompile, FileDownloader, FileRule,
     ChangeDirectory, FileUnpacker, prepare_src,
@@ -110,7 +116,7 @@ if Sys.KERNEL == :FreeBSD
 end
 
 if Compat.Sys.iswindows()
-    const exe7z = joinpath(JULIA_HOME, "7z.exe")
+    const exe7z = joinpath(_HOME, "7z.exe")
 
     function unpack_cmd(file,directory,extension,secondary_extension)
         if ((extension == ".Z" || extension == ".gz" || extension == ".xz" || extension == ".bz2") &&