diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index 27fc9c9..d96d78a 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ PYTHON_VERSION="2.7"
 
 unset GIT_DIR
 export PIP_DOWNLOAD_CACHE
+export BUILD_DIR
 
 indent() {
   RE="s/^/       /"
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ set +e
 echo "-----> Preparing Python interpreter ($PYTHON_VERSION)"
 PYTHON_EXE=$($BIN_DIR/python-build install $PYTHON_VERSION --quiet)
 
-PYTHON_EXE=./python/vendor/python/bin/python
+PYTHON_EXE=$BUILD_DIR/.vendor/python/bin/python
 
 echo "-----> Preparing virtualenv version $(virtualenv --version)"
 
diff --git a/bin/python-build b/bin/python-build
index 7dfeaf5..48ae4f5 100755
--- a/bin/python-build
+++ b/bin/python-build
@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@ tar -xjf python.tar.bz2 -C python
 cd python
 mv */* .
 
-mkdir -p vendor/python
-OLD_OATH=$PWD
-cd vendor/python
-PY_PATH=$PWD
-cd $OLD_OATH
-
-./configure --prefix $PY_PATH
+mkdir -p $BUILD_DIR/.vendor/python
+./configure --prefix $BUILD_DIR/.vendor/python
 make
 make install