diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-tkinter/template b/srcpkgs/python-tkinter/template
index 3c3f03e4323..73e1d2c14c1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-tkinter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-tkinter/template
@@ -60,12 +60,17 @@ do_install() {
 	# We only care for the idle and tk modules.
 	vmkdir usr/bin
 	vmkdir usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload
+	if [ -e ${wrksrc}/${pkgname}-${version}-install/usr/lib32 ]; then
+		_libdir=lib32
+	else
+		_libdir=lib
+	fi
 	mv ${wrksrc}/${pkgname}-${version}-install/usr/bin/idle ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
 	mv ${wrksrc}/${pkgname}-${version}-install/usr/lib/python2.7/idlelib \
 		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python2.7/
 	mv ${wrksrc}/${pkgname}-${version}-install/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk \
 		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python2.7/
-	mv ${wrksrc}/${pkgname}-${version}-install/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_tkinter.so \
+	mv ${wrksrc}/${pkgname}-${version}-install/usr/${_libdir}/python2.7/lib-dynload/_tkinter.so \
 		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/
 }