diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0dd26d8..d463af6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ AC_SUBST(PYTHON_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(PYTHON_CPPFLAGS)
 
 AS_AC_EXPAND(PYTHONDIR, $pythondir)
+AS_AC_EXPAND(PYEXECDIR, $pyexecdir)
 
 # Check for openldap's slapd
 AC_ARG_WITH([slapd],
diff --git a/src/libs/python/bongo-python-wrapper.in b/src/libs/python/bongo-python-wrapper.in
index aca804b..72d48c9 100644
--- a/src/libs/python/bongo-python-wrapper.in
+++ b/src/libs/python/bongo-python-wrapper.in
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ if binpath.endswith("bin"):
     if envpath is not None:
         newpath = envpath.split(os.pathsep)
     newpath.insert(0, "@PYTHONDIR@")
+    newpath.insert(0, "@PYEXECDIR@")
     os.environ["PYTHONPATH"] = os.pathsep.join(newpath)
 
     script = os.path.join("@PKGLIBEXECDIR@",