diff --git a/python-site-packages-dir-0.9.1.patch b/python-site-packages-dir-0.9.1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34cd955
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-site-packages-dir-0.9.1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff -ruN qgis-0.9.1-orig/python/CMakeLists.txt qgis-0.9.1/python/CMakeLists.txt
+--- qgis-0.9.1-orig/python/CMakeLists.txt	2007-12-07 08:09:52.000000000 -0500
++++ qgis-0.9.1/python/CMakeLists.txt	2008-01-29 09:21:36.000000000 -0500
+@@ -76,11 +76,7 @@
+ 
+ # python's site-packages dir: bindings will be installed here
+ IF (UNIX)
+-  SET (CMD "
+-import sys
+-v = sys.version_info
+-print sys.exec_prefix + '/lib/python' + str(v[0]) + '.' + str(v[1]) + '/site-packages'
+-")
++  SET (CMD "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")
+ ELSE (UNIX)
+   SET (CMD "
+ import sys
diff --git a/qgis.spec b/qgis.spec
index 59fd2bb..0676117 100644
--- a/qgis.spec
+++ b/qgis.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 %define qt4_bindir %{_libdir}/qt4/bin
+%{!?python_sitearch: %define python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
 
 Name: qgis
 Version: 0.9.1
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 Summary: A user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System
 
 Group: Applications/Engineering
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ License: GPLv2+
 URL: http://qgis.org/
 Source0: http://download.qgis.org/qgis/src/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: %{name}.desktop
+Patch0: python-site-packages-dir-0.9.1.patch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires: cmake
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ Addtional theme for qgis - nkids
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 
 %build
@@ -84,6 +87,9 @@ for dir in %{_libdir}/grass-*/ ; do
 done
 %cmake \
 	-D QGIS_MANUAL_SUBDIR=share/man \
+	-D QGIS_LIB_SUBDIR=%{_lib} \
+	-D QGIS_PLUGIN_SUBDIR=%{_lib}/qgis \
+	-D BINDINGS_GLOBAL_INSTALL:BOOL=ON \
 	-D GRASS_PREFIX=$GRASS_PREFIX \
 	-D GDAL_INCLUDE_DIR=%{_includedir}/gdal \
 	-D GDAL_LIBRARY=%{_libdir}/libgdal.so \
@@ -175,6 +181,7 @@ desktop-file-install --vendor="fedora" \
 %dir %{_datadir}/%{name}/themes
 %dir %{_datadir}/%{name}/themes/default
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/themes/default/*.png
+%{python_sitearch}/%{name}
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 #%files devel
@@ -198,7 +205,12 @@ desktop-file-install --vendor="fedora" \
 
 
 %changelog
-* Fri Oct 05 2007 Douglas E. Warner <silfreed@silfreed.net> 0.9.1-1
+* Mon Jan 28 2008 Douglas E. Warner <silfreed@silfreed.net> 0.9.1-2
+- defining lib path in build
+- installing python bindings globally
+- adding patch to determine python site packages dir correctly
+
+* Mon Dec 17 2007 Douglas E. Warner <silfreed@silfreed.net> 0.9.1-1
 - update to 0.9.1
 - removing lib64 and man instal path patches (included upstream)
 - enabling python integration