diff --git a/web/pgadmin/setup/data_directory.py b/web/pgadmin/setup/data_directory.py
index 943e7ebfc..413c0fb28 100644
--- a/web/pgadmin/setup/data_directory.py
+++ b/web/pgadmin/setup/data_directory.py
@@ -8,7 +8,18 @@
 ##########################################################################
 
 import os
-import pwd
+try:
+    import pwd
+except ImportError:
+    import getpass
+    pwd = None
+
+
+def get_current_user():
+    if pwd:
+        return pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_name
+    else:
+        return getpass.getuser()
 
 
 def _create_directory_if_not_exists(_path):
@@ -33,7 +44,7 @@ def create_app_data_directory(config):
             "         https://www.pgadmin.org/docs/pgadmin4/{}/config_py.html".
             format(
                 os.path.dirname(config.SQLITE_PATH),
-                pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_name,
+                get_current_user(),
                 config.APP_VERSION))
         exit(1)
 
@@ -50,7 +61,7 @@ def create_app_data_directory(config):
             print("HINT   : You may need to manually set the permissions on\n"
                   "         {} to allow {} to write to it.".
                   format(os.path.dirname(config.SQLITE_PATH),
-                         pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_name))
+                         get_current_user()))
 
     # Create the directory containing the log file (if not present).
     try:
@@ -65,7 +76,7 @@ def create_app_data_directory(config):
             "         https://www.pgadmin.org/docs/pgadmin4/{}/config_py.html".
             format(
                 os.path.dirname(config.LOG_FILE),
-                pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_name,
+                get_current_user(),
                 config.APP_VERSION))
         exit(1)
 
@@ -82,7 +93,7 @@ def create_app_data_directory(config):
             "         https://www.pgadmin.org/docs/pgadmin4/{}/config_py.html".
             format(
                 config.SESSION_DB_PATH,
-                pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_name,
+                get_current_user(),
                 config.APP_VERSION))
         exit(1)
 
@@ -102,6 +113,6 @@ def create_app_data_directory(config):
             "         https://www.pgadmin.org/docs/pgadmin4/{}/config_py.html".
             format(
                 config.STORAGE_DIR,
-                pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_name,
+                get_current_user(),
                 config.APP_VERSION))
         exit(1)