diff --git a/src/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt b/src/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
index d4358b5e..0e2f6eee 100644
--- a/src/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ if (PYTHONLIBS_FOUND AND PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
 	### FIND THE PYTHON INTERPRETER (AND THE SITE PACKAGES FOLDER)
 	execute_process ( COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -c "\
 import site; from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; \
-print( get_python_lib( plat_specific=True, standard_lib=True, prefix='${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}' ) + '/' +  site.getsitepackages()[0].split('/')[-1] )"
+print( get_python_lib( plat_specific=True, standard_lib=True, prefix='${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}' ) + '/' +  get_python_lib( plat_specific=False, standard_lib=False, prefix='${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}' ).split('/')[-1] )"
 	                  OUTPUT_VARIABLE _ABS_PYTHON_MODULE_PATH
 	                  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE )