diff --git a/meta/classes/distutils.bbclass b/meta/classes/distutils.bbclass
index 13a27beeabaa2281a735b71d410f738f4fb856e4..537f2ba2a4f705e2850ac5d2c64fb83ccbeb930a 100644
--- a/meta/classes/distutils.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/distutils.bbclass
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ distutils_do_install() {
             done
         fi
 
+        set EASYINSTALL_${PN}="`sed '1d;$d' ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/easy-install.pth`"
+	echo "${EASYINSTALL_${PN}}"
+
         rm -f ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/easy-install.pth
         
         #
@@ -82,3 +85,4 @@ EOF
 EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_compile do_install
 
 export LDSHARED="${CCLD} -shared"
+export EASYINSTALL_${PN}
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