diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 640643601..e8dec8bcb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -418,6 +418,10 @@ else:
                        OUTPUT_VARIABLE TulipPythonModulesInstallDir)
       STRING(REPLACE "\n" "" TulipPythonModulesInstallDir "${TulipPythonModulesInstallDir}")
 
+	  IF(MINGW)
+		SET(TulipPythonModulesInstallDir ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages)
+	  ENDIF(MINGW)
+
     ELSE(TULIP_PYTHON_SITE_INSTALL)
       SET(TulipPythonModulesInstallDir ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${TulipLibInstallDir}/tulip/python)
     ENDIF(TULIP_PYTHON_SITE_INSTALL)
