--- avant-window-navigator-0.2.6/acinclude.m4	2008-02-22 08:10:17.000000000 -0800
+++ avant-window-navigator-0.2.6/acinclude.m4.new	2008-02-23 21:17:02.000000000 -0800
@@ -168,6 +168,17 @@
         AC_SUBST([PYTHON_SITE_PKG])
 
         #
+        # Check for the platform-specific site packages directory
+        #
+        AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Python platform-specific site-packages path])
+        if test -z "$PYTHON_PLATFORM_PKG"; then
+                PYTHON_PLATFORM_PKG=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; \
+                        print distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib(1,0,prefix='${PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX}');"`
+        fi
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_PLATFORM_PKG])
+        AC_SUBST([PYTHON_PLATFORM_PKG])
+
+        #
         # libraries which must be linked in when embedding
         #
         AC_MSG_CHECKING(python extra libraries)
--- avant-window-navigator-0.2.6/bindings/python/Makefile.am	2008-02-22 08:10:17.000000000 -0800
+++ avant-window-navigator-0.2.6/bindings/python/Makefile.am.new	2008-02-23 21:17:54.000000000 -0800
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	$(NULL)
 
 # awn python extensions
-pyawnexecdir = $(PYTHON_SITE_PKG)/awn
+pyawnexecdir = $(PYTHON_PLATFORM_PKG)/awn
 pyawnexec_LTLIBRARIES = awn.la
 
 common_ldflags = -module -avoid-version