diff --git a/src/ifcwrap/CMakeLists.txt b/src/ifcwrap/CMakeLists.txt
index 8caee5a956..b359410d62 100644
--- a/src/ifcwrap/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/ifcwrap/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ IF((PYTHONINTERP_FOUND AND NOT "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" STREQUAL "") OR PYTHON_MOD
             )
         ELSE ()
             EXECUTE_PROCESS(
-                COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -c "import sys; from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; sys.stdout.write(get_python_lib(1))"
+                COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -c "import sys; import sysconfig; sys.stdout.write(sysconfig.get_path('platlib'))"
                 OUTPUT_VARIABLE python_package_dir
             )
         ENDIF()