diff --git a/package/selinux-python/selinux-python.mk b/package/selinux-python/selinux-python.mk
index 635d5945a4..27ff12ad06 100644
--- a/package/selinux-python/selinux-python.mk
+++ b/package/selinux-python/selinux-python.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SELINUX_PYTHON_MAKE_OPTS += \
 	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
 	ARCH="$(BR2_ARCH)" \
 	LIBDIR="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib" \
-	PYTHONLIBDIR="usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR)"
+	PYTHONLIBDIR="usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR)/site-packages"
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SELINUX_PYTHON_AUDIT2ALLOW),y)
 SELINUX_PYTHON_DEPENDENCIES += checkpolicy