diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b51ffd4c8..c01573976 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ PYTHON_VERSION_TESTCODE := "import sys;t='{v[0]}.{v[1]}'.format(v=list(sys.versi
 PYTHON_EXECUTABLE := $(shell if python3 -c ""; then echo "python3"; else echo "python"; fi)
 PYTHON_VERSION := $(shell $(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE) -c ""$(PYTHON_VERSION_TESTCODE)"")
 PYTHON_MAJOR_VERSION := $(shell echo $(PYTHON_VERSION) | cut -f1 -d.)
-PYTHON_DESTDIR := `$(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)-config --prefix`/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/dist-packages
+PYTHON_PREFIX := `$(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)-config --prefix`
+PYTHON_DESTDIR := $(PYTHON_PREFIX)/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/site-packages
 
 # other configuration flags
 ENABLE_GCOV := 0
@@ -679,13 +680,13 @@ endif
 	$(INSTALL_SUDO) mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(DATDIR)
 	$(INSTALL_SUDO) cp -r share/. $(DESTDIR)$(DATDIR)/.
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_LIBYOSYS),1)
-	$(INSTALL_SUDO) cp libyosys.so $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
+	$(INSTALL_SUDO) mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
+	$(INSTALL_SUDO) cp libyosys.so $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/
 	$(INSTALL_SUDO) $(STRIP) -S $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libyosys.so
-	$(INSTALL_SUDO) ldconfig
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_PYOSYS),1)
 	$(INSTALL_SUDO) mkdir -p $(PYTHON_DESTDIR)/pyosys
-	$(INSTALL_SUDO) cp libyosys.so $(PYTHON_DESTDIR)/pyosys
-	$(INSTALL_SUDO) cp misc/__init__.py $(PYTHON_DESTDIR)/pyosys
+	$(INSTALL_SUDO) cp libyosys.so $(PYTHON_DESTDIR)/pyosys/
+	$(INSTALL_SUDO) cp misc/__init__.py $(PYTHON_DESTDIR)/pyosys/
 endif
 endif