diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/070-dont-clean-ipkg-install.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/070-dont-clean-ipkg-install.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..789929b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/070-dont-clean-ipkg-install.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+consider opkg directories when cleaning up
+
+-Khem
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [OE specific]
+
+---
+ Makefile.pre.in |    6 +++---
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/Makefile.pre.in
++++ b/Makefile.pre.in
+@@ -1306,8 +1306,8 @@ touch:
+ # Sanitation targets -- clean leaves libraries, executables and tags
+ # files, which clobber removes as well
+ pycremoval:
+-	-find $(srcdir) -depth -name '__pycache__' -exec rm -rf {} ';'
+-	-find $(srcdir) -name '*.py[co]' -exec rm -f {} ';'
++	-find $(srcdir) ! -path './ipkg-install/*' -depth -name '__pycache__' -exec rm -rf {} ';'
++	-find $(srcdir) ! -path './ipkg-install/*' -name '*.py[co]' -exec rm -f {} ';'
+ 
+ rmtestturds:
+ 	-rm -f *BAD *GOOD *SKIPPED
+@@ -1321,9 +1321,9 @@ docclean:
+ 	-rm -rf Doc/tools/sphinx Doc/tools/pygments Doc/tools/docutils
+ 
+ clean: pycremoval
+-	find . -name '*.[oa]' -exec rm -f {} ';'
+-	find . -name '*.s[ol]' -exec rm -f {} ';'
+-	find . -name '*.so.[0-9]*.[0-9]*' -exec rm -f {} ';'
++	find . ! -path './ipkg-install/*' -name '*.[oa]' -exec rm -f {} ';'
++	find . ! -path './ipkg-install/*' -name '*.s[ol]' -exec rm -f {} ';'
++	find . ! -path './ipkg-install/*' -name '*.so.[0-9]*.[0-9]*' -exec rm -f {} ';'
+ 	find build -name 'fficonfig.h' -exec rm -f {} ';' || true
+ 	find build -name 'fficonfig.py' -exec rm -f {} ';' || true
+ 	-rm -f Lib/lib2to3/*Grammar*.pickle