diff --git a/packages/python/web/TwistedWeb/build b/packages/python/web/TwistedWeb/build
index eff0f0a0e5..82dc0a551a 100755
--- a/packages/python/web/TwistedWeb/build
+++ b/packages/python/web/TwistedWeb/build
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 #!/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 build
+python setup.py build --cross-compile
+python setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --prefix /usr --root .install
 
-$PYTHON setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --root $SYSROOT_PREFIX --prefix /usr
-$PYTHON setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --root ./.install --prefix /usr
+# install to toolchain because its needed for other twisted modules
+  python setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --prefix $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN
 
 find .install -name "*.py" -exec rm -rf "{}" ";"
 find .install -name "*.pyo" -exec rm -rf "{}" ";"
 
-rm -rf .install/usr/lib/python*/site-packages/twisted/web/test
\ No newline at end of file
+rm -rf .install/usr/lib/python*/site-packages/twisted/web/test
+
diff --git a/packages/python/web/TwistedWeb/meta b/packages/python/web/TwistedWeb/meta
index ff5edd6764..431b270863 100644
--- a/packages/python/web/TwistedWeb/meta
+++ b/packages/python/web/TwistedWeb/meta
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="http://twistedmatrix.com/"
 PKG_URL="http://tmrc.mit.edu/mirror/twisted/Web/10.1/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS="Python TwistedCore"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python TwistedCore"
+PKG_DEPENDS="Python distribute TwistedCore"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distribute distutilscross TwistedCore"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/web"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="TwistedWeb: An event-based networking framework for Internet applications"