diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 39f04dd7e65e1d43fdc796dc03cb9bbc426af92b_Q01ha2VMaXN0cy50eHQ=..68c239cc709f976b577f871927374636f2600b22_Q01ha2VMaXN0cy50eHQ= 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@
 	check_include_files(unistd.h HAVE_UNISTD_H)
 	check_symbol_exists(F_GETFL fcntl.h HAVE_F_GETFL)
 	find_package(Python COMPONENTS Interpreter Development REQUIRED)
-	set(LIBXSLT_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR ${Python_SITEARCH} CACHE PATH "Python bindings install directory")
+        #set(LIBXSLT_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR ${Python_SITEARCH} CACHE PATH "Python bindings install directory")
+	set(LIBXSLT_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/python"
+	    CACHE PATH "Python bindings install directory")
 endif()
 
 if(LIBXSLT_WITH_THREADS)