diff --git a/lang/python/python-version.mk b/lang/python/python-version.mk
index 16562c538..d88db21bd 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-version.mk
+++ b/lang/python/python-version.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 PYTHON_VERSION:=2.7
 PYTHON_VERSION_MICRO:=18
 
-PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS_PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS_PKG_RELEASE:=2
 PYTHON_PIP_PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS_VERSION:=41.2.0
diff --git a/lang/python/python/files/python-package-setuptools.mk b/lang/python/python/files/python-package-setuptools.mk
index 305a515b7..c9696fb96 100644
--- a/lang/python/python/files/python-package-setuptools.mk
+++ b/lang/python/python/files/python-package-setuptools.mk
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ define PyPackage/python-setuptools/install
 		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/install-setuptools/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/site-packages/setuptools-$(PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS_VERSION).dist-info \
 		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/install-setuptools/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/site-packages/easy_install.py \
 		$(1)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/site-packages
+	$(CP) \
+		$(1)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/site-packages/setuptools/site-patch.py \
+		$(1)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/site-packages/setuptools/site-patch.py.txt
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call PyBasePackage,python-setuptools, \
diff --git a/lang/python/python/patches-setuptools/004-site-patch.patch b/lang/python/python/patches-setuptools/004-site-patch.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4c89b5d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/python/patches-setuptools/004-site-patch.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
++++ b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
+@@ -1315,7 +1315,10 @@ class easy_install(Command):
+             return  # already did it, or don't need to
+ 
+         sitepy = os.path.join(self.install_dir, "site.py")
+-        source = resource_string("setuptools", "site-patch.py")
++        try:
++            source = resource_string("setuptools", "site-patch.py")
++        except IOError:
++            source = resource_string("setuptools", "site-patch.py.txt")
+         source = source.decode('utf-8')
+         current = ""
+