diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0bc34aee..cf26bf72 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ if test "x$want_python" = "xyes"; then
              AC_SUBST(libev_CFLAGS)
              AC_SUBST(libev_LIBS, [-lev]),
 	     AC_MSG_ERROR([Python bindings require libev (try installing your 'libev-devel' or 'libev-dev' package)])))
+    AC_SUBST(pyprefix, `./python-prefix.py ${PYTHON_PREFIX}`)
+    if test "${pyprefix}" != "${PYTHON_PREFIX}"; then
+	pythondir=`echo ${pythondir} | sed -e 's,[$][{]prefix[}],${pyprefix},g'`
+	pyexecdir=`echo ${pyexecdir} | sed -e 's,[$][{]exec_prefix[}],${pyprefix},g'`
+    fi
 else
     # Namespace support requires Python support
     want_linux_netns=no
@@ -342,6 +347,7 @@ ${PACKAGE_STRING} Configuration:
   GUI config:                 ${CORE_GUI_CONF_DIR}
   Daemon path:                ${SBINDIR}
   Daemon config:              ${CORE_CONF_DIR}
+  Python install prefix:      ${pyprefix}
   Python modules:             ${pythondir}
   Logs:                       ${CORE_STATE_DIR}/log
 
diff --git a/daemon/Makefile.am b/daemon/Makefile.am
index 34449264..6a435a3f 100644
--- a/daemon/Makefile.am
+++ b/daemon/Makefile.am
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ build:
 
 # Python package install
 install-exec-hook:
-	CORE_CONF_DIR=${DESTDIR}/${CORE_CONF_DIR} $(PYTHON) setup.py install --prefix=${DESTDIR}/${prefix} --install-purelib=${DESTDIR}/${pythondir} --install-platlib=${DESTDIR}/${pyexecdir} --no-compile
+	CORE_CONF_DIR=${DESTDIR}/${CORE_CONF_DIR} $(PYTHON) setup.py install --prefix=${DESTDIR}/${pyprefix} --install-purelib=${DESTDIR}/${pythondir} --install-platlib=${DESTDIR}/${pyexecdir} --no-compile
 
 # Python package uninstall
 uninstall-hook:
diff --git a/daemon/ns3/Makefile.am b/daemon/ns3/Makefile.am
index fdf56cba..8cc1a031 100644
--- a/daemon/ns3/Makefile.am
+++ b/daemon/ns3/Makefile.am
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ build:
 
 # Python package install
 install-exec-hook:
-	CORE_CONF_DIR=${DESTDIR}/${CORE_CONF_DIR} $(PYTHON) setup.py install --prefix=${DESTDIR}/${prefix} --install-purelib=${DESTDIR}/${pythondir} --install-platlib=${DESTDIR}/${pyexecdir} --no-compile
+	CORE_CONF_DIR=${DESTDIR}/${CORE_CONF_DIR} $(PYTHON) setup.py install --prefix=${DESTDIR}/${pyprefix} --install-purelib=${DESTDIR}/${pythondir} --install-platlib=${DESTDIR}/${pyexecdir} --no-compile
 
 # Python package uninstall
 uninstall-hook:
diff --git a/daemon/src/Makefile.am b/daemon/src/Makefile.am
index 2ce9bb9c..93570150 100644
--- a/daemon/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/daemon/src/Makefile.am
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ install:	install-exec-hook
 
 # Python libraries install
 install-exec-hook:
-	SBINDIR=${DESTDIR}/@SBINDIR@ $(PYTHON) setup.py install --prefix=${DESTDIR}/${prefix} --install-purelib=${DESTDIR}/${pythondir} --install-platlib=${DESTDIR}/${pyexecdir} --no-compile
+	SBINDIR=${DESTDIR}/@SBINDIR@ $(PYTHON) setup.py install --prefix=${DESTDIR}/${pyprefix} --install-purelib=${DESTDIR}/${pythondir} --install-platlib=${DESTDIR}/${pyexecdir} --no-compile
 #python setup.py install --prefix=${DESTDIR}${PYTHON_PREFIX}
 
 # Python libraries uninstall
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ uninstall-hook:
 	rm -f ${sbindir}/vnoded
 	rm -f ${sbindir}/vcmd
 	rm -f ${sbindir}/netns
-	rm -f ${pythondir}/netns-*.egg-info
-	rm -f ${pythondir}/netns.so
-	rm -f ${pythondir}/vcmd.so
+	rm -f ${pyexecdir}/core_python_netns-1.0-py${PYTHON_VERSION}.egg-info
+	rm -f ${pyexecdir}/netns.so
+	rm -f ${pyexecdir}/vcmd.so
 
 # Python libraries cleanup
 clean-local: clean-local-check
diff --git a/python-prefix.py b/python-prefix.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..55379561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-prefix.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+import os.path
+import site
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+        msg = 'usage: %s <prefix>\n' % os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
+        sys.stderr.write(msg)
+        return 1
+    python_prefix = sys.argv[1]
+    prefix = None
+    for p in sys.path:
+        if python_prefix in p:
+            prefix = python_prefix
+            break
+    if not prefix:
+        prefix = site.PREFIXES[-1]
+    print prefix
+    return 0
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())