diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/build b/packages/lang/Python/build
index 3e34f53241..afe0f3609a 100755
--- a/packages/lang/Python/build
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/build
@@ -83,3 +83,6 @@ make  -j1 CC="$TARGET_CC" \
       PYTHON_MODULES_LIB="$TARGET_LIBDIR" \
       install
 
+# python distutils per default adds -L$LIBDIR when linking binary extensions
+sed -e "s|^LIBDIR=.*|LIBDIR= $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib|" \
+    -i $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/python*/config/Makefile