diff --git a/utils/scanpypi b/utils/scanpypi
index 8327fc3fc5..fac22d66e8 100755
--- a/utils/scanpypi
+++ b/utils/scanpypi
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class BuildrootPackage():
         """
         current_dir = os.getcwd()
         os.chdir(self.tmp_extract)
-        sys.path.append(self.tmp_extract)
+        sys.path.insert(0,self.tmp_extract)
         s_file, s_path, s_desc = imp.find_module('setup', [self.tmp_extract])
         setup = imp.load_module('setup', s_file, s_path, s_desc)
         if self.metadata_name in self.setup_args: