diff -up sip-4.7/configure.py.64bit sip-4.7/configure.py
--- sip-4.7/configure.py.64bit	2007-07-30 11:02:37.000000000 -0500
+++ sip-4.7/configure.py	2007-09-28 09:47:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import os
 import string
 import glob
 import getopt
+from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib
 
 import siputils
 
@@ -229,13 +230,9 @@ def set_platform_directories():
         try:
             lib_dir = sys.lib
         except AttributeError:
-            lib_dir = "lib"
+            lib_dir = get_python_lib(plat_specific=1, standard_lib=1)
 
-        lib_dir = sys.prefix + "/" + lib_dir + "/python" + vers
-
-        plat_py_site_dir = lib_dir
-        if py_version >= 0x020000:
-            plat_py_site_dir = plat_py_site_dir + "/site-packages"
+        plat_py_site_dir = get_python_lib(1)
 
         plat_py_inc_dir = sys.prefix + "/include/python" + vers
         plat_py_conf_inc_dir = sys.exec_prefix + "/include/python" + vers