diff --git a/x11-proto/xcb_proto/xcb_proto-1.6.recipe b/x11-proto/xcb_proto/xcb_proto-1.6.recipe
index b3b56a07e..0b7ff042e 100644
--- a/x11-proto/xcb_proto/xcb_proto-1.6.recipe
+++ b/x11-proto/xcb_proto/xcb_proto-1.6.recipe
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ INSTALL()
 	pythonVersion=$(python --version 2>&1 | sed 's/Python //' | head -c3)
 	export pyexecdir=$prefix/lib/python$pythonVersion/vendor-packages
 	export pythondir=$prefix/lib/python$pythonVersion/vendor-packages
+	# the .pc file doesn't get it anyway, force it
+	sed -i "s,pythondir=.*/site-packages,pythondir=\${prefix}/lib/python$pythonVersion/vendor-packages," \
+		xcb-proto.pc
 	make install DESTDIR=/ pyexecdir=$pyexecdir pythondir=$pythondir
 	fixPkgconfig
 }