diff --git a/scripts/makedeb.sh b/scripts/makedeb.sh
index b58661e81..607b3212e 100755
--- a/scripts/makedeb.sh
+++ b/scripts/makedeb.sh
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ cp -pd $bininstdir/db_plugins/lib*so* makedeb-tmp/${libdir}/db_plugins
 cp -pd $bininstdir/lay_plugins/lib*so* makedeb-tmp/${libdir}/lay_plugins
 cp -pd $bininstdir/pymod/klayout/*so makedeb-tmp/${pylibdir}
 cp -pd $bininstdir/pymod/klayout/*py makedeb-tmp/${pylibdir}
+for d in db tl rdb; do
+  mkdir -p makedeb-tmp/${pylibdir}/$d
+  cp -pd $bininstdir/pymod/klayout/$d/*py makedeb-tmp/${pylibdir}/$d
+done
 
 cd makedeb-tmp
 
diff --git a/scripts/rpm-data/klayout.spec b/scripts/rpm-data/klayout.spec
index bf9826b85..3b8751085 100644
--- a/scripts/rpm-data/klayout.spec
+++ b/scripts/rpm-data/klayout.spec
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/klayout/lay_plugins
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
 cp -pd %{_builddir}/bin.$TARGET/pymod/klayout/*.so %{buildroot}%{pylib}/klayout
 cp -pd %{_builddir}/bin.$TARGET/pymod/klayout/*.py %{buildroot}%{pylib}/klayout
+for d in tl db rdb; do
+  mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{pylib}/klayout/$d
+  cp -pd %{_builddir}/bin.$TARGET/pymod/klayout/$d/*.py %{buildroot}%{pylib}/klayout/$d
+done
 cp -pd %{_builddir}/bin.$TARGET/lib*.so* %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/klayout
 cp -pd %{_builddir}/bin.$TARGET/db_plugins/lib*.so* %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/klayout/db_plugins
 cp -pd %{_builddir}/bin.$TARGET/lay_plugins/lib*.so* %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/klayout/lay_plugins