diff --git a/debian/python-libcec.install b/debian/python-libcec.install
index 8d96dad7..58f77101 100644
--- a/debian/python-libcec.install
+++ b/debian/python-libcec.install
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-usr/lib/python*/site-packages/cec/*
+usr/lib/python*/dist-packages/cec/*
 usr/bin/pyCecClient
diff --git a/src/libcec/cmake/CheckPlatformSupport.cmake b/src/libcec/cmake/CheckPlatformSupport.cmake
index 76611076..6875606c 100644
--- a/src/libcec/cmake/CheckPlatformSupport.cmake
+++ b/src/libcec/cmake/CheckPlatformSupport.cmake
@@ -194,10 +194,15 @@ else()
               DESTINATION python/cec
               RENAME      __init__.py)
     else()
+      if(EXISTS "/etc/lsb-release")
+        SET(PYTHON_PKG_DIR "dist-packages")
+      else()
+        SET(PYTHON_PKG_DIR "site-packages")
+      endif()
       install(TARGETS     ${SWIG_MODULE_cec_REAL_NAME}
-              DESTINATION lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages/cec)
+              DESTINATION lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/${PYTHON_PKG_DIR}/cec)
       install(FILES       ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/libcec/cec.py
-              DESTINATION lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages/cec
+              DESTINATION lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/${PYTHON_PKG_DIR}/cec
               RENAME      __init__.py)
     endif()
   endif()