diff -up ./python/geographiclib/CMakeLists.txt.python ./python/geographiclib/CMakeLists.txt
--- ./python/geographiclib/CMakeLists.txt.python	2014-09-28 12:52:48.954838299 -0400
+++ ./python/geographiclib/CMakeLists.txt	2014-09-28 12:55:11.089220128 -0400
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 # Install the python files.
 # Probably full-time python users should install the python package from
 # http://pypi.python.org/pypi/geographiclib
+find_package(PythonInterp)
+if (PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
+  set(PYTHON_VERSION "${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}")
+endif(PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
+
 file (GLOB PYTHON_FILES [A-Za-z_]*.py)
 if (COMMON_INSTALL_PATH)
-  set (INSTALL_PYTHON_DIR "lib${LIB_SUFFIX}/python/site-packages")
+  set (INSTALL_PYTHON_DIR "lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages")
 else ()
   set (INSTALL_PYTHON_DIR "python")
 endif ()
diff -up ./python/Makefile.am.python ./python/Makefile.am
--- ./python/Makefile.am.python	2014-08-08 10:05:10.000000000 -0400
+++ ./python/Makefile.am	2014-09-28 12:52:05.356187444 -0400
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PYTHON_FILES = \
 	$(srcdir)/$(PACKAGE)/geodesicline.py \
 	$(srcdir)/$(PACKAGE)/polygonarea.py
 
-pythondir=$(libdir)/python/site-packages/$(PACKAGE)
+pythondir=$(libdir)/python2.7/site-packages/$(PACKAGE)
 
 install:
 	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)$(pythondir)