diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/package.mk b/packages/lang/Python/package.mk
index 7b3a204ef7f..311aa4a77f2 100644
--- a/packages/lang/Python/package.mk
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/package.mk
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ makeinstall_host() {
        install
 
   cp Parser/pgen $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
+
+# replace python-config to make sure python uses $SYSROOT_PREFIX
+  mkdir -p $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
+    rm -rf $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python*-config
+
+    sed -e "s:%PREFIX%:$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr:g" -e "s:%CFLAGS%:$TARGET_CFLAGS:g" \
+      $PKG_DIR/scripts/python-config > $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python2.7-config
+    chmod +x $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python2.7-config
+    ln -s python2.7-config $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python-config
 }
 
 pre_configure_target() {