diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b50cf28cc9a4..87ce6b430920 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
 BASE_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-PACKAGE_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'superset', 'assets')
+PACKAGE_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'superset', 'static', 'assets')
 PACKAGE_FILE = os.path.join(PACKAGE_DIR, 'package.json')
 with open(PACKAGE_FILE) as package_file:
     version_string = json.load(package_file)['version']