diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ceeebd2c..d63ccb1d7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -273,13 +273,14 @@ if (OPM_ENABLE_PYTHON)
   # preferred to use standard setup.py install, but the setup.py based solution
   # refuses to install to a location which the current python executable can not
   # load from, and the use of eggs in the setup.py based installation makes
-  # debugging and fauly seeking very difficult.
+  # debugging quite difficult.
   #
   # Since the installation of Python code is nonstandard it is protected by an
-  # extra cmake switch, OPM_INSTALL_PYTHON. If you prefer you can still use the
-  # setup.py based installation method.
+  # extra cmake switch, OPM_INSTALL_PYTHON. If you prefer you can still invoke
+  # setup.py install manually - optionally with the generated script
+  # setup-install.sh - and completely bypass cmake in the installation phase.
   if (OPM_INSTALL_PYTHON)
-    install( CODE "execute_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} python/python/opm ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})")
+    install( CODE "execute_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/python/install.py ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/python/python/opm ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${PYTHON_INSTALL_PREFIX})")
   endif()
 
   add_test(NAME python_tests
diff --git a/jenkins/build-opm-module.sh b/jenkins/build-opm-module.sh
index 069daa9c7..92d823205 100755
--- a/jenkins/build-opm-module.sh
+++ b/jenkins/build-opm-module.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ declare -A configurations
 
 declare -A EXTRA_MODULE_FLAGS
 EXTRA_MODULE_FLAGS[opm-simulators]="-DBUILD_EBOS_EXTENSIONS=ON -DBUILD_EBOS_DEBUG_EXTENSIONS=ON -DBUILD_FLOW_VARIANTS=ON"
-EXTRA_MODULE_FLAGS[opm-common]="-DOPM_ENABLE_PYTHON=ON -DOPM_ENABLE_EMBEDDED_PYTHON=ON"
+EXTRA_MODULE_FLAGS[opm-common]="-DOPM_ENABLE_PYTHON=ON -DOPM_ENABLE_EMBEDDED_PYTHON=ON -DOPM_INSTALL_PYTHON=ON"
 EXTRA_MODULE_FLAGS[libecl]="-DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=1"
 
 # Parse revisions from trigger comment and setup arrays
diff --git a/python/install.py b/python/install.py
index 49fdfd40c..a6d3232c9 100644
--- a/python/install.py
+++ b/python/install.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import shutil
 import compileall
 
 src_root = sys.argv[1]
-target_prefix = os.path.join(sys.argv[2], "lib", "python{}.{}".format(sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor),"site-packages")
+target_prefix = sys.argv[2]
 
 
 if not os.path.isdir(src_root):
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ path_offset = len(os.path.dirname(src_root))
 for path,_ ,fnames in os.walk(src_root):
     target_path = os.path.join(target_prefix, path[path_offset+1:])
     if not os.path.isdir(target_path):
+        print("-- Installing: {}".format(target_path))
         os.makedirs(target_path)
 
     for f in fnames:
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ for path,_ ,fnames in os.walk(src_root):
         src_file = os.path.join(path, f)
         target_file = os.path.join(target_path, f)
         shutil.copy(src_file, target_file)
+        print("-- Installing: {}".format(target_file))
 
 target_root = os.path.join(target_prefix, os.path.basename(src_root))
 compileall.compile_dir(target_root)