diff --git a/scripts/makedeb.sh b/scripts/makedeb.sh
index 81fc8291d..7f5d0b2bc 100755
--- a/scripts/makedeb.sh
+++ b/scripts/makedeb.sh
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ mkdir -p makedeb-tmp/${sharedir}/applications
 mkdir -p makedeb-tmp/${sharedir}/pixmaps
 mkdir -p makedeb-tmp/${libdir}/db_plugins
 mkdir -p makedeb-tmp/${libdir}/lay_plugins
+mkdir -p makedeb-tmp/${libdir}/pymod
 mkdir -p makedeb-tmp/${bindir}
 
 cp etc/klayout.desktop makedeb-tmp/${sharedir}/applications
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ cp -pd $bininstdir/klayout makedeb-tmp/${bindir}
 cp -pd $bininstdir/lib*so* makedeb-tmp/${libdir}
 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 -rpd $bininstdir/pymod makedeb-tmp/${libdir}/pymod
 
 cd makedeb-tmp
 
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ echo "Modifying control file .."
 strip ${bindir}/*
 strip ${libdir}/db_plugins/*.so*
 strip ${libdir}/lay_plugins/*.so*
+strip ${libdir}/pymod/*.so*
 
 size=`du -ck usr | grep total | sed "s/ *total//"`
 
diff --git a/scripts/rpm-data/klayout.spec b/scripts/rpm-data/klayout.spec
index c7024b50c..e261645a0 100644
--- a/scripts/rpm-data/klayout.spec
+++ b/scripts/rpm-data/klayout.spec
@@ -146,12 +146,16 @@ TARGET="linux-release"
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/klayout
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/klayout/db_plugins
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/klayout/lay_plugins
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/klayout/pymod
 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.$TARGET/lay_plugins/lib*.so* %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/klayout/lay_plugins
+cp -rpd %{_builddir}/bin.$TARGET/pymod/* %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/klayout/pymod
 chmod 644 %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/klayout/*.so*
 chmod 644 %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/klayout/db_plugins/*.so*
 chmod 644 %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/klayout/lay_plugins/*.so*
+find %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/klayout/pymod -type f -exec chmod 644 {} +
+find %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/klayout/pymod -type d -exec chmod 755 {} +
 
 # create and populate bindir
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}