diff --git a/meta/classes/distutils-tools.bbclass b/meta/classes/distutils-tools.bbclass
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+DISTUTILS_BUILD_ARGS ?= ""
+DISTUTILS_STAGE_HEADERS_ARGS ?= "--install-dir=${STAGING_INCDIR}/${PYTHON_DIR}"
+DISTUTILS_STAGE_ALL_ARGS ?= "--prefix=${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${prefix} \
+    --install-data=${STAGING_DATADIR}"
+DISTUTILS_INSTALL_ARGS ?= "--prefix=${D}/${prefix} \
+    --install-data=${D}/${datadir}"
+
+distutils_do_compile() {
+         STAGING_INCDIR=${STAGING_INCDIR} \
+         STAGING_LIBDIR=${STAGING_LIBDIR} \
+         BUILD_SYS=${BUILD_SYS} HOST_SYS=${HOST_SYS} \
+         ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${PYTHON_PN}-native/${PYTHON_PN} setup.py build ${DISTUTILS_BUILD_ARGS} || \
+         bbfatal "${PYTHON_PN} setup.py build_ext execution failed."
+}
+
+distutils_stage_headers() {
+        install -d ${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}
+        BUILD_SYS=${BUILD_SYS} HOST_SYS=${HOST_SYS} \
+        ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${PYTHON_PN}-native/${PYTHON_PN} setup.py install_headers ${DISTUTILS_STAGE_HEADERS_ARGS} || \
+        bbfatal "${PYTHON_PN} setup.py install_headers execution failed."
+}
+
+distutils_stage_all() {
+        STAGING_INCDIR=${STAGING_INCDIR} \
+        STAGING_LIBDIR=${STAGING_LIBDIR} \
+        install -d ${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}
+        PYTHONPATH=${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR} \
+        BUILD_SYS=${BUILD_SYS} HOST_SYS=${HOST_SYS} \
+        ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${PYTHON_PN}-native/${PYTHON_PN} setup.py install ${DISTUTILS_STAGE_ALL_ARGS} || \
+        bbfatal "${PYTHON_PN} setup.py install (stage) execution failed."
+}
+
+distutils_do_install() {
+        echo "Beginning ${PN} Install ..."
+        install -d ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}
+        echo "Step 2 of ${PN} Install ..."
+        STAGING_INCDIR=${STAGING_INCDIR} \
+        STAGING_LIBDIR=${STAGING_LIBDIR} \
+        PYTHONPATH=${D}/${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR} \
+        BUILD_SYS=${BUILD_SYS} HOST_SYS=${HOST_SYS} \
+        ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/${PYTHON_PN}-native/${PYTHON_PN} setup.py install --install-lib=${D}/${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR} ${DISTUTILS_INSTALL_ARGS} || \
+        bbfatal "${PYTHON_PN} setup.py install execution failed."
+
+        echo "Step 3 of ${PN} Install ..."
+        # support filenames with *spaces*
+        find ${D} -name "*.py" -print0 | while read -d $'\0' i ; do \
+            sed -i -e s:${D}::g $i
+        done
+
+        echo "Step 4 of ${PN} Install ..."
+        if test -e ${D}${bindir} ; then	
+            for i in ${D}${bindir}/* ; do \
+                sed -i -e s:${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}:${bindir}:g $i
+            done
+        fi
+
+        echo "Step 4 of ${PN} Install ..."
+        if test -e ${D}${sbindir}; then
+            for i in ${D}${sbindir}/* ; do \
+                sed -i -e s:${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}:${bindir}:g $i
+            done
+        fi
+
+        echo "Step 5 of ${PN} Install ..."
+        rm -f ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/easy-install.pth
+        
+        #
+        # FIXME: Bandaid against wrong datadir computation
+        #
+        if test -e ${D}${datadir}/share; then
+            mv -f ${D}${datadir}/share/* ${D}${datadir}/
+        fi
+}
+
+#EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_compile do_install
+
+export LDSHARED="${CCLD} -shared"