diff --git a/bindings/python/compile_flags.in b/bindings/python/compile_flags.in
index 14fce1abb..6e23cdbd4 100644
--- a/bindings/python/compile_flags.in
+++ b/bindings/python/compile_flags.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-@COMPILETIME_OPTIONS@ @CPPFLAGS@ @LIBS@ @BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB@ @BOOST_PYTHON_LIB@ @PTHREAD_LIBS@ @OPENSSL_LIBS@ @OPENSSL_LDFLAGS@ @OPENSSL_INCLUDES@
+@COMPILETIME_OPTIONS@ @CPPFLAGS@ @LIBS@ @BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB@ @BOOST_PYTHON_LIB@ @PTHREAD_LIBS@ @OPENSSL_LIBS@ @OPENSSL_LDFLAGS@ @OPENSSL_INCLUDES@ -I@top_srcdir@/include
diff --git a/bindings/python/link_flags.in b/bindings/python/link_flags.in
index 3c1da5b14..0ffdde79c 100644
--- a/bindings/python/link_flags.in
+++ b/bindings/python/link_flags.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-@LDFLAGS@
+@LDFLAGS@ -L@top_builddir@/src/.libs
diff --git a/bindings/python/setup.py b/bindings/python/setup.py
index afd483160..ede5bda63 100644
--- a/bindings/python/setup.py
+++ b/bindings/python/setup.py
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ else:
 	ext = [Extension('libtorrent',
 		sources = source_list,
 		language='c++',
-		include_dirs = ['../../../include'] + parse_cmd(extra_cmd, '-I'),
-		library_dirs = ['../../src/.libs'] + parse_cmd(extra_cmd, '-L'),
+		include_dirs = parse_cmd(extra_cmd, '-I'),
+		library_dirs = parse_cmd(extra_cmd, '-L'),
 		extra_link_args = ldflags.split() + arch(),
 		extra_compile_args = parse_cmd(extra_cmd, '-D', True) + arch() \
 			+ target_specific(),