diff --git a/lang/python/Makefile b/lang/python/Makefile
index 8573d76bd..39a1da622 100644
--- a/lang/python/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/Makefile
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ endef
 define PyPackage/python/filespec
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)
 -|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/config
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/distutils
+-|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py
+-|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/distutils/command/wininst*
 -|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/idlelib
 -|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib2to3
 -|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-tk