diff --git a/src/configure.ac b/src/configure.ac
index 0ba74c1426a..ab8b4a08f53 100644
--- a/src/configure.ac
+++ b/src/configure.ac
@@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_TK_VERSION])
 fi
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for site-package location)
-SITEPY=`$PYTHON -c "import sysconfig; s=sysconfig.get_scheme_names(); print(next((sysconfig.get_path('platlib', m) for m in ('deb_system', 'rpm_prefix') if m in s), '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages'))"`
+SITEPY=`$PYTHON -c "import sysconfig; s=sysconfig.get_scheme_names(); print(next((sysconfig.get_path('platlib', m) for m in ('deb_system', 'rpm_prefix') if m in s), sysconfig.get_path('platlib')))"`
 AC_MSG_RESULT($SITEPY)
 
 if test "$BUILD_GUI" = "yes"; then