diff --git a/dev-python/vharfbuzz/files/vharfbuzz-0.1.1-fix-package-dir.patch b/dev-python/vharfbuzz/files/vharfbuzz-0.1.1-fix-package-dir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a4693959f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/vharfbuzz/files/vharfbuzz-0.1.1-fix-package-dir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
+         "Development Status :: 4 - Beta"
+ 
+     ],
+-    'package_dir': {'':'Lib'},
++    'package_dir': {'':'lib'},
+     'packages': ["vharfbuzz"]
+ ,
+ }
diff --git a/dev-python/vharfbuzz/vharfbuzz-0.1.1.ebuild b/dev-python/vharfbuzz/vharfbuzz-0.1.1.ebuild
index 2f638053fc..ccd729de87 100644
--- a/dev-python/vharfbuzz/vharfbuzz-0.1.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/vharfbuzz/vharfbuzz-0.1.1.ebuild
@@ -21,4 +21,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-fix-package-dir.patch" )
+
 distutils_enable_sphinx docs dev-python/sphinxcontrib-napoleon