diff --git a/package/sepolgen/sepolgen.mk b/package/sepolgen/sepolgen.mk
index 033b468f02..ab7f18d857 100644
--- a/package/sepolgen/sepolgen.mk
+++ b/package/sepolgen/sepolgen.mk
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ endef
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),y)
 HOST_SEPOLGEN_DEPENDENCIES = host-python3
 HOST_SEPOLGEN_MAKE_CMDS = $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-	PYTHONLIBDIR=/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR)/site-packages
+	PYTHONLIBDIR=lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR)/site-packages
 else
 HOST_SEPOLGEN_DEPENDENCIES = host-python
 HOST_SEPOLGEN_MAKE_CMDS = $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-	PYTHONLIBDIR=/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)/site-packages
+	PYTHONLIBDIR=lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)/site-packages
 endif
 
 define HOST_SEPOLGEN_BUILD_CMDS