diff --git a/source/nan_definitions.mk b/source/nan_definitions.mk
index cb5139827b6..496f271f8c5 100644
--- a/source/nan_definitions.mk
+++ b/source/nan_definitions.mk
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ all debug::
 
     export ID = $(shell whoami)
     export HOST = $(shell hostname -s)
-    export NAN_PYTHON ?= /usr/local/include/python
+    export NAN_PYTHON ?= /usr/local
     export NAN_PYTHON_VERSION ?= 2.2
     export NAN_PYTHON_BINARY ?= $(NAN_PYTHON)/bin/python$(NAN_PYTHON_VERSION)
     export NAN_MXTEXTTOOLS ?=