1 diff --git a/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt b/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
2 index 2f4de4854..a68d547e6 100644
3 --- a/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
4 +++ b/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
5 @@ -95,8 +95,13 @@ if (python-install-system-dir)
8 COMMAND "${Python3_EXECUTABLE}" -c [=[
9 -import distutils.sysconfig
10 -print(distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib(prefix='', plat_specific=True))
12 + import distutils.sysconfig
13 + print(distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib(prefix='', plat_specific=True))
14 +except ModuleNotFoundError:
16 + version = f"{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}"
17 + print(os.sep.join(["lib", f"python{version}", "site-packages"]))
19 OUTPUT_VARIABLE _PYTHON3_SITE_ARCH
20 OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE