diff --git a/tools/setup.py.in b/tools/setup.py.in
index 761043c..4bc00e4 100644
--- a/tools/setup.py.in
+++ b/tools/setup.py.in
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
+from distutils.command.build import build
+from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree
+
+
+class CustomBuild(build):
+    def run(self):
+        if ('@top_srcdir@' != '@top_builddir@'):
+            copy_tree('@top_srcdir@/tools/', '@top_builddir@/tools/', update=1)
 
 setup(name='sdbusplus',
       version='1.0',
-      package_dir={'':'@top_srcdir@/tools'},
+      package_dir={'':'@top_builddir@/tools'},
       packages=['sdbusplus'],
-      scripts=['@top_srcdir@/tools/sdbus++'],
+      scripts=['@top_builddir@/tools/sdbus++'],
+      cmdclass={'build': CustomBuild},
       package_data={'sdbusplus': ['templates/*.mako.*']},
       )