--- beecrypt-4.1.2/configure.ac.orig	2004-12-24 13:53:59.069561400 +0100
+++ beecrypt-4.1.2/configure.ac	2004-12-24 14:00:29.781164208 +0100
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@
       ac_cv_python_include="-I`python -c 'import distutils.sysconfig; print distutils.sysconfig.get_python_inc()'`"
     ])
     AC_CACHE_CHECK([where to install python libraries], ac_cv_python_libdir, [
-      echo "import distutils.sysconfig; print distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib()" > conftest.py
-      ac_cv_python_libdir=`python conftest.py`
+      echo "import sys; print sys.version[[:3]]" > conftest.py
+      ac_cv_python_libdir="${libdir}/python`python conftest.py`/site-packages"
     ])
   else
     ac_with_python=no