diff --git a/x11-packages/pyqt5/build.sh b/x11-packages/pyqt5/build.sh
index 00b0d66eb6..efff1ae6aa 100644
--- a/x11-packages/pyqt5/build.sh
+++ b/x11-packages/pyqt5/build.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	chmod 0700 ${_bindir}/${_cxx}
 	export PATH=${_bindir}:$PATH
 
-	TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_MAKE_ARGS+=" --target-dir=$PYTHONPATH"
+	TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_MAKE_ARGS+=" --target-dir=$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/python${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages"
 }
 
 termux_step_make() {