diff --git a/lib/puppet/modules/registry.rb b/lib/puppet/modules/registry.rb
index 55a460f4..8876156d 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/modules/registry.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/modules/registry.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-require 'puppet/modules'
+require 'pathname'
+# JJM WORK_AROUND
+# explicitly require files without relying on $LOAD_PATH until #14073 is fixed.
+# https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/14073 is fixed.
+require Pathname.new(__FILE__).dirname.expand_path
 
 module Puppet::Modules::Registry
+  # For 64-bit OS, use 64-bit view. Ignored on 32-bit OS
+  KEY_WOW64_64KEY = 0x100 unless defined? KEY_WOW64_64KEY
+  # For 64-bit OS, use 32-bit view. Ignored on 32-bit OS
+  KEY_WOW64_32KEY = 0x200 unless defined? KEY_WOW64_32KEY
 end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/modules/registry/key_path.rb b/lib/puppet/modules/registry/key_path.rb
index 21182349..4d14fca4 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/modules/registry/key_path.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/modules/registry/key_path.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 require 'puppet/parameter'
-require 'puppet/modules/registry/registry_base'
+require 'pathname'
+# JJM WORK_AROUND
+# explicitly require files without relying on $LOAD_PATH until #14073 is fixed.
+# https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/14073 is fixed.
+require Pathname.new(__FILE__).dirname
+require Pathname.new(__FILE__).dirname + 'registry_base'
 
 class Puppet::Modules::Registry::KeyPath < Puppet::Parameter
   include Puppet::Modules::Registry::RegistryBase
@@ -11,10 +16,14 @@ def munge(path)
       raise ArgumentError, "Invalid registry key: #{path}"
     end
 
-    @access = (captures[1] and captures[1] == '32:') ? KEY_WOW64_32KEY : KEY_WOW64_64KEY
+    @access = if captures[1] == '32:'
+                Puppet::Modules::Registry::KEY_WOW64_32KEY
+              else
+                Puppet::Modules::Registry::KEY_WOW64_64KEY
+              end
 
     # canonical root key symbol
-    @root = case captures[2].downcase
+    @root = case captures[2].to_s.downcase
             when /hkey_local_machine/, /hklm/
               :hklm
             when /hkey_classes_root/, /hkcr/
@@ -32,7 +41,7 @@ def munge(path)
             end
 
     # the hkey object for the root key
-    @hkey = HKEYS[root]
+    @hkey = hkeys[root]
 
     @subkey = captures[3]
     if @subkey.empty?
diff --git a/lib/puppet/modules/registry/registry_base.rb b/lib/puppet/modules/registry/registry_base.rb
index 5be071ca..e74d4cd0 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/modules/registry/registry_base.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/modules/registry/registry_base.rb
@@ -1,46 +1,49 @@
-require 'puppet/modules/registry'
+require 'pathname' # JJM WORK_AROUND #14073
+require Pathname.new(__FILE__).dirname.expand_path
 
 module Puppet::Modules::Registry::RegistryBase
-  require 'win32/registry'
-
-  HKEYS = {
-    :hkcr => Win32::Registry::HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,
-    :hklm => Win32::Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
-    #:hku  => Win32::Registry::HKEY_USERS,
-    #:hkcu => HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
-  }
-
-  TYPE2NAME = {
-    Win32::Registry::REG_NONE => :none,
-    Win32::Registry::REG_SZ   => :string,
-    Win32::Registry::REG_EXPAND_SZ => :expand,
-    Win32::Registry::REG_BINARY => :binary,
-    Win32::Registry::REG_DWORD => :dword,
-    Win32::Registry::REG_QWORD => :qword,
-    Win32::Registry::REG_MULTI_SZ => :array
-  }
+  if Puppet.features.microsoft_windows?
+    begin
+      require 'win32/registry'
+    rescue LoadError => exc
+      msg = "Could not load the required win32/registry library (ErrorID 1EAD86E3-D533-4286-BFCB-CCE8B818DDEA) [#{exc.message}]"
+      Puppet.err msg
+      error = Puppet::Error.new(msg)
+      error.set_backtrace exc.backtrace
+      raise error
+    end
+  end
 
   # REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIAN REG_LINK
   # REG_RESOURCE_LIST REG_FULL_RESOURCE_DESCRIPTOR
   # REG_RESOURCE_REQUIREMENTS_LIST
 
-  # For 64-bit OS, use 64-bit view. Ignored on 32-bit OS
-  KEY_WOW64_64KEY = 0x100
-  # For 64-bit OS, use 32-bit view. Ignored on 32-bit OS
-  KEY_WOW64_32KEY = 0x200
-
-  NAME2TYPE = {}
-  TYPE2NAME.each_pair {|k,v| NAME2TYPE[v] = k}
+  def type2name_map
+    {
+      Win32::Registry::REG_NONE      => :none,
+      Win32::Registry::REG_SZ        => :string,
+      Win32::Registry::REG_EXPAND_SZ => :expand,
+      Win32::Registry::REG_BINARY    => :binary,
+      Win32::Registry::REG_DWORD     => :dword,
+      Win32::Registry::REG_QWORD     => :qword,
+      Win32::Registry::REG_MULTI_SZ  => :array
+    }
+  end
 
   def type2name(type)
-    return TYPE2NAME[type]
+    type2name_map[type]
   end
 
   def name2type(name)
-    return NAME2TYPE[name]
+    name2type = {}
+    type2name_map.each_pair {|k,v| name2type[v] = k}
+    name2type[name]
   end
 
   def hkeys
-    HKEYS
+    {
+      :hkcr => Win32::Registry::HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,
+      :hklm => Win32::Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
+    }
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/modules/registry/value_path.rb b/lib/puppet/modules/registry/value_path.rb
index b2850e17..ed2e4be6 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/modules/registry/value_path.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/modules/registry/value_path.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+require 'pathname'
+# JJM WORK_AROUND
+# explicitly require files without relying on $LOAD_PATH until #14073 is fixed.
+# https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/14073 is fixed.
+require Pathname.new(__FILE__).dirname.expand_path + 'key_path'
 require 'puppet/parameter'
-require 'puppet/modules/registry/key_path'
 
 class Puppet::Modules::Registry::ValuePath < Puppet::Modules::Registry::KeyPath
   attr_reader :valuename
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/registry_key/registry.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/registry_key/registry.rb
index ad6e558b..dafa50fe 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/registry_key/registry.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/registry_key/registry.rb
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 # REMIND: need to support recursive delete of subkeys & values
 
 Puppet::Type.type(:registry_key).provide(:registry) do
-  require 'puppet/modules/registry/registry_base'
-  include Puppet::Modules::Registry::RegistryBase
+  require 'pathname' # JJM WORK_AROUND #14073
+  require Pathname.new(__FILE__).dirname.dirname.dirname.expand_path + 'modules/registry/registry_base'
+  extend Puppet::Modules::Registry::RegistryBase
 
   defaultfor :operatingsystem => :windows
   confine    :operatingsystem => :windows
 
-  RegDeleteKeyEx = Win32API.new('advapi32', 'RegDeleteKeyEx', 'LPLL', 'L')
-
   def self.instances
-    self::HKEYS.keys.collect do |hkey|
-      new(:provider => :registry,
-          :name => "#{hkey.to_s}")
+    hkeys.keys.collect do |hkey|
+      new(:provider => :registry, :name => "#{hkey.to_s}")
     end
   end
 
@@ -30,8 +28,9 @@ def destroy
     Puppet.debug("destroy key #{resource[:path]}")
 
     raise "Cannot delete root key: #{resource[:path]}" unless keypath.subkey
+    reg_delete_key_ex = Win32API.new('advapi32', 'RegDeleteKeyEx', 'LPLL', 'L')
 
-    if RegDeleteKeyEx.call(keypath.hkey.hkey, keypath.subkey, keypath.access, 0) != 0
+    if reg_delete_key_ex.call(keypath.hkey.hkey, keypath.subkey, keypath.access, 0) != 0
       raise "Failed to delete registry key: #{resource[:path]}"
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/registry_value/registry.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/registry_value/registry.rb
index be98c6be..3c8a5320 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/registry_value/registry.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/registry_value/registry.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
+require 'puppet/type'
 Puppet::Type.type(:registry_value).provide(:registry) do
-  require 'puppet/modules/registry/registry_base'
+  require 'pathname' # JJM WORK_AROUND #14073
+  require Pathname.new(__FILE__).dirname.dirname.dirname.expand_path + 'modules/registry/registry_base'
   include Puppet::Modules::Registry::RegistryBase
 
   defaultfor :operatingsystem => :windows
   confine    :operatingsystem => :windows
 
-  RegQueryValueExA = Win32API.new('advapi32', 'RegQueryValueEx', 'LPLPPP', 'L')
-
   def self.instances
     []
   end
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def exists?
     valuepath.hkey.open(valuepath.subkey, Win32::Registry::KEY_READ | valuepath.access) do |reg|
       type = [0].pack('L')
       size = [0].pack('L')
-      found = RegQueryValueExA.call(reg.hkey, valuepath.valuename, 0, type, 0, size) == 0
+      found = reg_query_value_ex_a.call(reg.hkey, valuepath.valuename, 0, type, 0, size) == 0
     end
     found
   end
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def regvalue
         type = [0].pack('L')
         size = [0].pack('L')
 
-        if RegQueryValueExA.call(reg.hkey, valuepath.valuename, 0, type, 0, size) == 0
+        if reg_query_value_ex_a.call(reg.hkey, valuepath.valuename, 0, type, 0, size) == 0
           @regvalue[:type], @regvalue[:data] = from_native(reg.read(valuepath.valuename))
         end
       end
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ def from_native(ary)
     return [type2name(ntype), pdata]
   end
 
+  def reg_query_value_ex_a
+    @@reg_query_value_ex_a ||= Win32API.new('advapi32', 'RegQueryValueEx', 'LPLPPP', 'L')
+  end
+
   # def to_s
   #   "#{valuepath.hkey.keyname}\\#{valuepath.subkey}\\#{valuepath.valuename}"
   # end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/registry_key.rb b/lib/puppet/type/registry_key.rb
index 85ec0c26..7d88e901 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/registry_key.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/registry_key.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-require 'puppet/modules/registry/registry_base'
-require 'puppet/modules/registry/key_path'
-
+require 'puppet/type'
 Puppet::Type.newtype(:registry_key) do
+  require 'pathname' # JJM WORK_AROUND #14073
+  require Pathname.new(__FILE__).dirname.dirname.expand_path + 'modules/registry/registry_base'
+  require Pathname.new(__FILE__).dirname.dirname.expand_path + 'modules/registry/key_path'
   include Puppet::Modules::Registry::RegistryBase
 
   def self.title_patterns
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/registry_value.rb b/lib/puppet/type/registry_value.rb
index 5508e7c2..619cddd0 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/registry_value.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/registry_value.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-require 'puppet/modules/registry/registry_base'
-require 'puppet/modules/registry/value_path'
-
+require 'puppet/type'
 Puppet::Type.newtype(:registry_value) do
+  require 'pathname' # JJM WORK_AROUND #14073
+  require Pathname.new(__FILE__).dirname.dirname.expand_path + 'modules/registry/registry_base'
+  require Pathname.new(__FILE__).dirname.dirname.expand_path + 'modules/registry/value_path'
   include Puppet::Modules::Registry::RegistryBase
 
   def self.title_patterns