diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 43b9615ce..55a697300 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ SHELL := /bin/bash
 ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
 	PYTHON_BIN := python
 	ACTIVATE_SCRIPT := pyenv/Scripts/activate
+	SYSTEM_PACKAGES := sed -iv -- "s/include-system-site-packages\s*=\s*false/include-system-site-packages = true/g" pyenv/pyvenv.cfg
 else
 	PYTHON_BIN := python3
 	ACTIVATE_SCRIPT := pyenv/bin/activate
+	SYSTEM_PACKAGES := echo Skipping Windows Pythons system packages inheritance activation...
 endif
 
 .SHELLFLAGS := -eu -o pipefail -c
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ all: run
 # - add qt if missing
 pyenv:
 	"${PYTHON_BIN}" -m venv pyenv && \
+	${SYSTEM_PACKAGES} && \
 	. "${ACTIVATE_SCRIPT}" && \
 	python --version && \
 	python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools && \
diff --git a/README.development b/README.development
index 58291e9b3..6db22b641 100644
--- a/README.development
+++ b/README.development
@@ -88,11 +88,14 @@ Windows users (using Visual Studio)
        The problem with the `/usr/bin/` is that it should not exists. Cygwin should map/mount `/bin/`
        into `/usr/bin/`, i.e., they should be the same directory.
 1. Download and install Python for Windows (not from Cygwin) and put `python.exe` (not `python3.exe`) on your system path.
-1. Download and install pip for your Windows Python.
+1. Download and install pip for your Windows Python (`python -m ensurepip`).
 1. Download and install rust (compiler), npm, git and put them your system path.
+1. Download and install the pyaudio wheel from: https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pyaudio
+    1. After download the file for your Python version, you can install it using a command like
+        `python -m pip install PyAudio‑0.2.11‑cp38‑cp38‑win_amd64.whl`
+    1. If got an error from pip trying to build the `pyaudio` library,
+        or there is not a wheel available for your Python version, you can built it from the source
+        following the installation instructions on: https://github.com/evandroforks/pyaudio
 1. Open a `cmd.exe` (command prompt) on the anki repository and run the command `sh run`
     1. Do not use `bash run` because it my call for Windows Subsystem for Linux
     1. Do not use any Cygwin terminal as `mintty.exe` because the `rust lang` compiler does not work with them
-    1. If got an error from pip trying to build the `pyaudio` library,
-        follow the installation instructions from: https://github.com/evandroforks/pyaudio
-        and install the `portaudio.lib` on your system.
diff --git a/qt/Makefile b/qt/Makefile
index bca95a466..4fb91701d 100644
--- a/qt/Makefile
+++ b/qt/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 SHELL := /bin/bash
 FIND := $(if $(wildcard /bin/find),/bin/find,/usr/bin/find)
 
-ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
-	INSTALL_PYAUDIO := python -m pip install git+https://github.com/evandroforks/pyaudio
-else
-	INSTALL_PYAUDIO := @echo Skipping pyaudio for Windows...
-endif
-
 .SHELLFLAGS := -eu -o pipefail -c
 .DELETE_ON_ERROR:
 MAKEFLAGS += --warn-undefined-variables
@@ -22,7 +16,6 @@ PHONY: all
 all: check
 
 .build/run-deps: setup.py
-	${INSTALL_PYAUDIO}
 	python -m pip install -e .
 	@touch $@