diff --git a/dev-python/pure-protobuf/pure-protobuf-2.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pure-protobuf/pure-protobuf-2.0.0.ebuild
index 1325cff90f..e240faf39e 100644
--- a/dev-python/pure-protobuf/pure-protobuf-2.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pure-protobuf/pure-protobuf-2.0.0.ebuild
@@ -26,5 +26,7 @@ python_install() {
 	# Package installs 'tests' package which is forbidden and likely a bug in the build system.
 	rm -r tests || die
 
-	python_foreach_impl distutils-r1_python_install
+	# Previously it did not actually install any python libs
+	python_foreach_impl esetup.py install
+	python_foreach_impl python_optimize
 }