2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/distutils.bbclass b/meta/classes/distutils.bbclass
index ec471babd7..1f097a8c4b 100644
--- a/meta/classes/distutils.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/distutils.bbclass
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ distutils_do_install() {
         STAGING_LIBDIR=${STAGING_LIBDIR} \
         PYTHONPATH=${D}/${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR} \
         BUILD_SYS=${BUILD_SYS} HOST_SYS=${HOST_SYS} \
-        ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/python setup.py install --install-lib=${D}${libdir}/${PYTHON_DIR} ${DISTUTILS_INSTALL_ARGS}|| \
+        ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/python setup.py install --install-lib=${D}/${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR} ${DISTUTILS_INSTALL_ARGS} || \
         bbfatal "python setup.py install execution failed."
 
         for i in `find ${D} -name "*.py"` ; do \
diff --git a/meta/classes/setuptools.bbclass b/meta/classes/setuptools.bbclass
index ced9509df2..ba9cf13295 100644
--- a/meta/classes/setuptools.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/setuptools.bbclass
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ DEPENDS += "python-setuptools-native"
 DISTUTILS_INSTALL_ARGS = "--root=${D} \
     --single-version-externally-managed \
     --prefix=${prefix} \
+    --install-lib=${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR} \
     --install-data=${datadir}"