diff --git a/app-misc/ssmtool/ssmtool-0.1.11.ebuild b/app-misc/ssmtool/ssmtool-0.1.11.ebuild
index 00ea5715c0..aa92310e54 100644
--- a/app-misc/ssmtool/ssmtool-0.1.11.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/ssmtool/ssmtool-0.1.11.ebuild
@@ -21,8 +21,15 @@ DEPEND="
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~x86"
 
+python_prepare_all () {
+	# sed to remove the data_files option, which are necessary to include
+	# data files in the packaged version, but will install files into
+	# /usr/data if not removed before converting it to setup.py
+	sed -i -e '/options\.data_files/,+4d' setup.cfg
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
+}
 python_install() {
+	distutils-r1_python_install
 	newicon icon.png ssmtool.png
 	domenu ssmtool.desktop
-	distutils-r1_python_install
 }