diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/build b/packages/lang/Python/build
index 132c747de8..bd93bba952 100755
--- a/packages/lang/Python/build
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/build
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lexpat" \
              --with-threads \
              --enable-unicode=ucs4 \
 
-make PYTHON_MODULES_INCLUDE=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/include \
-     PYTHON_MODULES_LIB="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib"
+make PYTHON_MODULES_INCLUDE="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/include /usr/include" \
+     PYTHON_MODULES_LIB="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib /usr/lib"
 
-make PYTHON_MODULES_INCLUDE=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/include \
-     PYTHON_MODULES_LIB="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib" \
+make PYTHON_MODULES_INCLUDE="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/include /usr/include" \
+     PYTHON_MODULES_LIB="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib /usr/lib" \
      install
 
 # symlink python binary to python2 (needed for Mesa)