diff --git a/profiles/Makefile b/profiles/Makefile
index 0b7f2655d..19d39a796 100644
--- a/profiles/Makefile
+++ b/profiles/Makefile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ ifdef USE_SYSTEM
     LOGPROF?=aa-logprof
 else
     # PYTHON_DIST_BUILD_PATH based on libapparmor/swig/python/test/Makefile.am
-    PYTHON_DIST_BUILD_PATH = ../libraries/libapparmor/swig/python/build/$$($(PYTHON) -c "import sysconfig; print(\"lib.%s-%s\" %(sysconfig.get_platform(), sysconfig.get_python_version()))")
+    PYTHON_DIST_BUILD_PATH = ../libraries/libapparmor/swig/python/build/$$($(PYTHON) ../libraries/libapparmor/swig/python/test/buildpath.py)
     LIBAPPARMOR_PATH=../libraries/libapparmor/src/.libs/
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(LIBAPPARMOR_PATH):$(PYTHON_DIST_BUILD_PATH)
     PYTHONPATH=../utils/:$(PYTHON_DIST_BUILD_PATH)