diff --git a/packaging/windows/init.ps1 b/packaging/windows/init.ps1
index 34becaa96..2f42bef59 100644
--- a/packaging/windows/init.ps1
+++ b/packaging/windows/init.ps1
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ C:\Python27\Scripts\pip.exe install requests==2.9.1
 
 C:\Python27\Scripts\pip.exe install zope.interface==4.1.3
 
-# this includes a patch to allow version numbers with non-integer values
-C:\Python27\Scripts\pip.exe install https://bitbucket.org/jobevers/cx_freeze/get/tip.tar.gz
+# this needs to be patched to allow version numbers with non-integer values
+# see https://bitbucket.org/jobevers/cx_freeze/get/tip.tar.gz
+# as an example patch, but that is against head
+C:\Python27\Scripts\pip.exe install cx-freeze==4.3.3
 
 C:\Python27\Scripts\pip.exe install cython==0.24.1