diff --git a/packages/python/web/zope.interface/build b/packages/python/web/zope.interface/build
index 03d29c4284..28bc37fe3f 100755
--- a/packages/python/web/zope.interface/build
+++ b/packages/python/web/zope.interface/build
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 . config/options $1
-. config/options.python
+
+export PYTHONXCPREFIX="$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr"
+export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/lib"
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
-$PYTHON setup.py bdist_egg --exclude-source-files
+
+python setup.py build --cross-compile bdist_egg --exclude-source-files
diff --git a/packages/python/web/zope.interface/install b/packages/python/web/zope.interface/install
index 92c179fcf3..a89072f766 100755
--- a/packages/python/web/zope.interface/install
+++ b/packages/python/web/zope.interface/install
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 . config/options $1
-. config/options.python
 
 PKG_SRC_DIR=`ls -d $PKG_BUILD`
 
diff --git a/packages/python/web/zope.interface/meta b/packages/python/web/zope.interface/meta
index 68e8e4b5ed..bb4737c22a 100644
--- a/packages/python/web/zope.interface/meta
+++ b/packages/python/web/zope.interface/meta
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://zope.org/Products/ZopeInterface/"
 PKG_URL="http://www.zope.org/Products/ZopeInterface/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="Python setuptools"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python setuptools"
+PKG_DEPENDS="Python distribute"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distribute distutilscross"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/web"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="zopeinterface: zope.interface package from Zope 3"