diff --git a/gluon/rocket.py b/gluon/rocket.py
index 69192347..b919a1b7 100644
--- a/gluon/rocket.py
+++ b/gluon/rocket.py
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ HTTP_SERVER_SOFTWARE = '%s Python/%s' % (
 BUF_SIZE = 16384
 SOCKET_TIMEOUT = 10  # in secs
 THREAD_STOP_CHECK_INTERVAL = 1  # in secs, How often should threads check for a server stop message?
-IS_JYTHON = platform.system() == 'Java'  # Handle special cases for Jython
+if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
+    # py2installer
+    IS_JYTHON = False
+else:    
+    IS_JYTHON = platform.system() == 'Java'  # Handle special cases for Jython
 IGNORE_ERRORS_ON_CLOSE = set([errno.ECONNABORTED, errno.ECONNRESET])
 DEFAULT_LISTEN_QUEUE_SIZE = 5
 DEFAULT_MIN_THREADS = 10