diff --git a/bazarr/init.py b/bazarr/init.py
index e399dd89c..7d798e890 100644
--- a/bazarr/init.py
+++ b/bazarr/init.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import os
 import sqlite3
 import logging
 import time
+import platform
+import rarfile
 
 from cork import Cork
 try:
@@ -147,3 +149,41 @@ if not os.path.exists(os.path.normpath(os.path.join(args.config_dir, 'config', '
         'creation_date': tstamp
     }
     cork._store.save_users()
+
+
+def init_binaries():
+    binaries_dir = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'bin'))
+
+    unrar_exe = None
+    exe = None
+    if platform.system() == "Windows": # Windows
+        unrar_exe = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(binaries_dir, "Windows", "i386", "UnRAR", "UnRAR.exe"))
+
+    elif platform.system() == "Darwin": # MacOSX
+        unrar_exe = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(binaries_dir, "MacOSX", "i386", "UnRAR", "unrar"))
+
+    elif platform.system() == "Linux": # Linux
+        unrar_exe = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(binaries_dir, "Linux", platform.machine(), "UnRAR", "unrar"))
+
+    else:
+        unrar_exe = "unrar"
+
+    if unrar_exe and os.path.isfile(unrar_exe):
+        exe = unrar_exe
+
+    rarfile.UNRAR_TOOL = exe
+    rarfile.ORIG_UNRAR_TOOL = exe
+    try:
+        rarfile.custom_check([rarfile.UNRAR_TOOL], True)
+    except:
+        logging.debug("custom check failed for: %s", exe)
+
+    rarfile.OPEN_ARGS = rarfile.ORIG_OPEN_ARGS
+    rarfile.EXTRACT_ARGS = rarfile.ORIG_EXTRACT_ARGS
+    rarfile.TEST_ARGS = rarfile.ORIG_TEST_ARGS
+    logging.info("Using UnRAR from: %s", exe)
+    unrar = exe
+
+    return unrar
+
+init_binaries()
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diff --git a/bin/Linux/aarch64/UnRAR/unrar b/bin/Linux/aarch64/UnRAR/unrar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5e244bda
Binary files /dev/null and b/bin/Linux/aarch64/UnRAR/unrar differ
diff --git a/bin/Linux/armv5tel/UnRAR/unrar b/bin/Linux/armv5tel/UnRAR/unrar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5e244bda
Binary files /dev/null and b/bin/Linux/armv5tel/UnRAR/unrar differ
diff --git a/bin/Linux/i386/UnRAR/unrar b/bin/Linux/i386/UnRAR/unrar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b40268992
Binary files /dev/null and b/bin/Linux/i386/UnRAR/unrar differ
diff --git a/bin/Linux/x86_64/UnRAR/unrar b/bin/Linux/x86_64/UnRAR/unrar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b40268992
Binary files /dev/null and b/bin/Linux/x86_64/UnRAR/unrar differ
diff --git a/bin/MacOSX/i386/UnRAR/unrar b/bin/MacOSX/i386/UnRAR/unrar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f32104fbc
Binary files /dev/null and b/bin/MacOSX/i386/UnRAR/unrar differ
diff --git a/bin/Windows/i386/UnRAR/UnRAR.exe b/bin/Windows/i386/UnRAR/UnRAR.exe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1adb5f50c
Binary files /dev/null and b/bin/Windows/i386/UnRAR/UnRAR.exe differ
diff --git a/bin/Windows/i386/UnRAR/license.txt b/bin/Windows/i386/UnRAR/license.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c21c446e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/Windows/i386/UnRAR/license.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+ ******    *****   ******   UnRAR - free utility for RAR archives
+ **   **  **   **  **   **  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ ******   *******  ******    License for use and distribution of
+ **   **  **   **  **   **   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ **   **  **   **  **   **         FREEWARE version
+                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+      The UnRAR utility is freeware. This means:
+
+   1. All copyrights to RAR and the utility UnRAR are exclusively
+      owned by the author - Alexander Roshal.
+
+   2. The UnRAR utility may be freely distributed. It is allowed
+      to distribute UnRAR inside of other software packages.
+
+   3. THE RAR ARCHIVER AND THE UnRAR UTILITY ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS".
+      NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.  YOU USE AT 
+      YOUR OWN RISK. THE AUTHOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS, 
+      DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF LOSS WHILE USING
+      OR MISUSING THIS SOFTWARE.
+
+   4. Neither RAR binary code, WinRAR binary code, UnRAR source or UnRAR
+      binary code may be used or reverse engineered to re-create the RAR
+      compression algorithm, which is proprietary, without written
+      permission of the author.
+
+   5. If you don't agree with terms of the license you must remove
+      UnRAR files from your storage devices and cease to use the
+      utility.
+
+      Thank you for your interest in RAR and UnRAR.
+
+
+                                            Alexander L. Roshal
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