diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipe.py b/pythonforandroid/recipe.py
index 80b9814d83..333c7ca05e 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipe.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipe.py
@@ -946,6 +946,7 @@ def install_python_package(self, arch, name=None, env=None, is_dir=True):
 
         hostpython = sh.Command(self.hostpython_location)
         hpenv = env.copy()
+        hpenv['PYTHONPATH'] = join(dirname(self.real_hostpython_location), 'Lib', 'site-packages')
         with current_directory(self.get_build_dir(arch.arch)):
             shprint(hostpython, 'setup.py', 'install', '-O2',
                     '--root={}'.format(self.ctx.get_python_install_dir()),