diff --git a/pw3270.spec.in b/pw3270.spec.in
index ce8c19f..a49bee7 100644
--- a/pw3270.spec.in
+++ b/pw3270.spec.in
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ BuildRequires:	java-devel
 
 %if 0%{?_python}
 BuildRequires:	python-devel
+%define pythonextpath %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")
 %endif
 
 BuildRequires:  rsvg-view
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %if 0%{?_python}
 %files -n python-tn3270
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%{_libdir}/python/site-packages/py3270.so
+%{pythonextpath}/py3270.so
 %endif
 
 
diff --git a/src/python/Makefile.in b/src/python/Makefile.in
index 21fcbb3..ef95a62 100644
--- a/src/python/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/python/Makefile.in
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ run: $(BINDBG)/py3270@DLLEXT@
 #---[ Misc targets ]-----------------------------------------------------------
 
 install: $(BINRLS)/py3270@DLLEXT@
-	@$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)/$(PYTHONLIBPATH)/py3270@DLLEXT@
+	@$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)/$(PYTHONLIBPATH)
 	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(BINRLS)/py3270@DLLEXT@ $(DESTDIR)/$(PYTHONLIBPATH)/py3270@DLLEXT@
 
 cleanDebug: clean
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