diff --git a/ldb.changes b/ldb.changes
index 46e1ed1..33594c3 100644
--- a/ldb.changes
+++ b/ldb.changes
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Thu May 31 22:22:49 UTC 2012 - lmuelle@suse.com
 
 - Define and use talloc, tdb, and tevent version macros.
-- Define python_version if undefined.
+- Define python_sitearch if undefined.
 
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 Thu May 31 13:46:42 UTC 2012 - lmuelle@suse.com
diff --git a/ldb.spec b/ldb.spec
index e8519ac..6532c9d 100644
--- a/ldb.spec
+++ b/ldb.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 # norootforbuild
 
-%{!?python_version:  %global python_version %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_version; print(get_python_version())")}
+%{!?python_sitearch:  %global python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
 
 %define talloc_version 2.0.7
 %define tdb_version 1.2.10
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ DESTDIR=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT} make install
 %{_libdir}/libpyldb-util.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/ldb.pc
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/pyldb-util.pc
-%{_libdir}/python%{python_version}/site-packages/ldb.so
-%{_libdir}/python%{python_version}/site-packages/talloc.so
-%{_libdir}/python%{python_version}/site-packages/tdb.so
+%{python_sitearch}/ldb.so
+%{python_sitearch}/talloc.so
+%{python_sitearch}/tdb.so
 
 %files -n ldb-tools
 %defattr(-,root,root)