diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1cedd8e..6f8439c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Feb  5 17:33:30 CET 2002 Daniel Veillard <daniel@veillard.com>
+
+	* configure.in python/Makefile.am: do not install outside
+	  of prefix
+
 Mon Feb  4 15:05:55 CET 2002 Daniel Veillard <daniel@veillard.com>
 
 	* python/TODO python/libxml.c: started adding SAX interfaces
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e4955ff..f592392 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
 		if test -r /usr/include/python$PYTHON_VERSION/Python.h
 		then
 		    PYTHON_INCLUDES=/usr/include/python$PYTHON_VERSION
-		    PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES=/usr/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages
+		    PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES='$(prefix)/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages'
 		else
 		    echo could not find python$PYTHON_VERSION/Python.h
 		fi
diff --git a/python/Makefile.am b/python/Makefile.am
index 7d02f53..fb1b663 100644
--- a/python/Makefile.am
+++ b/python/Makefile.am
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@
 
 _libxml.so: libxml.o libxml2-py.o types.o
 	$(CC) $(LINK_FLAGS) libxml.o libxml2-py.o types.o $(LIBS) -o _libxml.so
+
+install-data-local:
+	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES)
+	-@INSTALL@ -m 0644 libxml2.py $(DESTDIR)$(PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES)
+	-@INSTALL@ -m 0755 _libxml.so $(DESTDIR)$(PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES)
+	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(DOCS_DIR)
+	-@(for doc in $(DOCS) ; \
+	   do @INSTALL@ -m 0644 $$doc $(DESTDIR)$(DOCS_DIR) ; done)
 else
 all: 
 endif
@@ -54,11 +62,3 @@
 clean:
 	rm -f $(GENERATED) *.o _libxml.so *.pyc libxml2.py
 
-install-data-local:
-	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES)
-	-@INSTALL@ -m 0644 libxml2.py $(DESTDIR)$(PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES)
-	-@INSTALL@ -m 0755 _libxml.so $(DESTDIR)$(PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES)
-	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(DOCS_DIR)
-	-@(for doc in $(DOCS) ; \
-	   do @INSTALL@ -m 0644 $$doc $(DESTDIR)$(DOCS_DIR) ; done)
-