diff -ruN qgis-0.9.1-orig/python/CMakeLists.txt qgis-0.9.1/python/CMakeLists.txt
--- qgis-0.9.1-orig/python/CMakeLists.txt	2007-12-07 08:09:52.000000000 -0500
+++ qgis-0.9.1/python/CMakeLists.txt	2008-01-29 09:21:36.000000000 -0500
@@ -76,11 +76,7 @@
 
 # python's site-packages dir: bindings will be installed here
 IF (UNIX)
-  SET (CMD "
-import sys
-v = sys.version_info
-print sys.exec_prefix + '/lib/python' + str(v[0]) + '.' + str(v[1]) + '/site-packages'
-")
+  SET (CMD "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")
 ELSE (UNIX)
   SET (CMD "
 import sys