--- a/scripts/examples/python/OMakefile
+++ b/scripts/examples/python/OMakefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 PYTHON_LIB=XenAPI.py provision.py
 PYTHON_SRC=$(PYTHON_EXE) $(PYTHON_LIB)
 PYTHON_HTML=$(addsuffix .html, $(PYTHON_SRC))
-PYTHON_DIR=python2.6
+PYTHON_DIR=python2.7
 
 .PHONY: html-versions
 # note that enscript is not in the build chroot, so this target will fail.
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
 .PHONY: install
 install:
 	mkdir -p $(LIBEXEC)
-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/$(PYTHON_DIR)/site-packages
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/$(PYTHON_DIR)/dist-packages
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/etc/xapi.d/plugins
-	$(IDATA) XenAPIPlugin.py XenAPI.py inventory.py $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/$(PYTHON_DIR)/site-packages/
+	$(IDATA) XenAPIPlugin.py XenAPI.py inventory.py $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/$(PYTHON_DIR)/dist-packages/
 	$(IEXE) echo.py $(DESTDIR)/etc/xapi.d/plugins/echo
 	$(IEXE) wake-on-lan.py $(DESTDIR)/etc/xapi.d/plugins/wake-on-lan
 	$(IEXE) shutdown.py $(LIBEXEC)/shutdown
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@
 
 .PHONY: sdk-install
 sdk-install:
-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/$(PYTHON_DIR)/site-packages
-	$(IDATA) XenAPIPlugin.py XenAPI.py inventory.py $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/$(PYTHON_DIR)/site-packages/
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/$(PYTHON_DIR)/dist-packages
+	$(IDATA) XenAPIPlugin.py XenAPI.py inventory.py $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/$(PYTHON_DIR)/dist-packages/
