diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d88315c773..55d2894e53 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -88,19 +88,11 @@
 # dll_base_address later in this file...
 dll_base_address = 0x1E200000
 
-# We need to know the platform SDK dir before we can list the extensions.
-def find_platform_sdk_dir():
-    # The user might have their current environment setup for the
-    # SDK, in which case "MSSDK_INCLUDE" and "MSSDK_LIB" vars must be set.
-    if "MSSDK_INCLUDE" in os.environ and "MSSDK_LIB" in os.environ:
-        print("Using SDK as specified in the environment")
-        return {
-            "include": os.environ["MSSDK_INCLUDE"].split(os.path.pathsep),
-            "lib": os.environ["MSSDK_LIB"].split(os.path.pathsep),
-        }
 
+def registry_data():
     # Find the win 10 SDKs installed.
-    installedVersions = []
+    root = ""
+    versions = []
     try:
         key = winreg.OpenKey(
             winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
@@ -108,40 +100,65 @@ def find_platform_sdk_dir():
             0,
             winreg.KEY_READ | winreg.KEY_WOW64_32KEY,
         )
-        installRoot = winreg.QueryValueEx(key, "KitsRoot10")[0]
+        root = winreg.QueryValueEx(key, "KitsRoot10")[0]
         keyNo = 0
         while 1:
             try:
-                installedVersions.append(winreg.EnumKey(key, keyNo))
+                versions.append(winreg.EnumKey(key, keyNo))
                 keyNo += 1
             except winreg.error:
                 break
     except EnvironmentError:
         pass
-    if not installedVersions:
+    return root, versions
+
+
+# We need to know the platform SDK dir before we can list the extensions.
+def find_platform_sdk_dir():
+    # The user might have their current environment setup for the
+    # SDK, in which case "MSSDK_INCLUDE" and "MSSDK_LIB" vars must be set.
+    if "MSSDK_INCLUDE" in os.environ and "MSSDK_LIB" in os.environ:
+        print("Using SDK as specified in the environment")
+        return {
+            "include": os.environ["MSSDK_INCLUDE"].split(os.path.pathsep),
+            "lib": os.environ["MSSDK_LIB"].split(os.path.pathsep),
+        }
+
+    install_root, installed_versions = registry_data()
+    if not installed_versions:
         print("Can't find a windows 10 sdk")
         return None
 
     # We don't want to automatically used the latest as that's going to always
     # be a moving target. Github's automation has "10.0.16299.0", so we target
     # that if it exists, otherwise we use the earliest installed version.
-    ver = "10.0.16299.0"
-    if ver not in installedVersions:
-        print("Windows 10 SDK version", ver, "is preferred, but that's not installed")
-        print("Installed versions are", installedVersions)
-        ver = installedVersions[0]
-        print("Using", ver)
-    # no idea what these 'um' and 'winv6.3' paths actually mean and whether
-    # hard-coding them is appropriate, but here we are...
-    include = [os.path.join(installRoot, "include", ver, "um")]
-    if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(include[0], "windows.h")):
+    preferred_ver = "10.0.16299.0"
+    if preferred_ver not in installed_versions:
         print(
-            "Found Windows sdk in", include, "but it doesn't appear to have windows.h"
+            "Windows 10 SDK version",
+            preferred_ver,
+            "is preferred, but that's not installed.",
         )
-        return None
-    include.append(os.path.join(installRoot, "include", ver, "shared"))
-    lib = [os.path.join(installRoot, "lib", ver, "um")]
-    return {"include": include, "lib": lib}
+        print("Installed versions are", installed_versions)
+    else:
+        installed_versions = [e for e in installed_versions if e != preferred_ver]
+        installed_versions.insert(0, preferred_ver)
+    user_mode = "um"
+    for ver in installed_versions:
+        print("Attempting", ver)
+        include_base = os.path.join(install_root, "include", ver)
+        include = [os.path.join(include_base, user_mode)]
+        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(include[0], "windows.h")):
+            print(
+                "Found Windows sdk in",
+                include,
+                "but it doesn't appear to have windows.h",
+            )
+            continue
+        include.append(os.path.join(include_base, "shared"))
+        lib = [os.path.join(install_root, "lib", ver, user_mode)]
+        return {"include": include, "lib": lib}
+    return None  # Redundant (for readability)
 
 
 sdk_info = find_platform_sdk_dir()