diff --git a/adapted-from-F00251-change-user-install-location.patch b/adapted-from-F00251-change-user-install-location.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84e7edc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adapted-from-F00251-change-user-install-location.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+Index: Python-2.7.17/Lib/distutils/command/install.py
+===================================================================
+--- Python-2.7.17.orig/Lib/distutils/command/install.py
++++ Python-2.7.17/Lib/distutils/command/install.py
+@@ -431,8 +431,18 @@ class install (Command):
+                     raise DistutilsOptionError, \
+                           "must not supply exec-prefix without prefix"
+ 
+-                self.prefix = os.path.normpath(sys.prefix)
+-                self.exec_prefix = os.path.normpath(sys.exec_prefix)
++                # self.prefix is set to sys.prefix + /local/
++                # if neither RPM build nor virtual environment is
++                # detected to make pip and distutils install packages
++                # into the separate location.
++                if (not hasattr(sys, 'real_prefix') and
++                    'RPM_BUILD_ROOT' not in os.environ):
++                    addition = "/local"
++                else:
++                    addition = ""
++
++                self.prefix = os.path.normpath(sys.prefix) + addition
++                self.exec_prefix = os.path.normpath(sys.exec_prefix) + addition
+ 
+             else:
+                 if self.exec_prefix is None:
+Index: Python-2.7.17/Lib/site.py
+===================================================================
+--- Python-2.7.17.orig/Lib/site.py
++++ Python-2.7.17/Lib/site.py
+@@ -291,6 +291,10 @@ def getsitepackages():
+     sitepackages = []
+     seen = set()
+ 
++    # '/usr/local' is included in PREFIXES if RPM build is not detected
++    # to make packages installed into this location visible.
++    if ENABLE_USER_SITE and 'RPM_BUILD_ROOT' not in os.environ:
++        PREFIXES.insert(0, "/usr/local")
+     for prefix in PREFIXES:
+         if not prefix or prefix in seen:
+             continue
diff --git a/python-base.changes b/python-base.changes
index 6bda782..07310a2 100644
--- a/python-base.changes
+++ b/python-base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov  5 04:24:05 UTC 2019 - Steve Kowalik <steven.kowalik@suse.com>
+
+- Add adapted-from-F00251-change-user-install-location.patch fixing
+  pip/distutils to install into /usr/local.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct 24 14:40:39 CEST 2019 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-base.spec b/python-base.spec
index 2fd6d8a..36bfdca 100644
--- a/python-base.spec
+++ b/python-base.spec
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ Patch49:        CVE-2019-5010-null-defer-x509-cert-DOS.patch
 Patch50:        bpo36160-init-sysconfig_vars.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/12341
 Patch55:        bpo36302-sort-module-sources.patch
+# Fix installation in /usr/local (boo#1071941), adapted from Fedora
+# https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python3/blob/master/f/00251-change-user-install-location.patch
+# Set values of prefix and exec_prefix in distutils install command
+# to /usr/local if executable is /usr/bin/python* and RPM build
+# is not detected to make pip and distutils install into separate location
+Patch56:        adapted-from-F00251-change-user-install-location.patch
 # COMMON-PATCH-END
 %define         python_version    %(echo %{tarversion} | head -c 3)
 BuildRequires:  automake
@@ -186,6 +192,7 @@ other applications.
 %patch49 -p1
 %patch50 -p1
 %patch55 -p1
+%patch56 -p1
 
 # drop Autoconf version requirement
 sed -i 's/^version_required/dnl version_required/' configure.ac