diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 6673d04..b28f7fa 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 
 execute_after_dh_auto_install:
 	# correcting python location
-	mv debian/tmp/usr/local/lib/python* debian/tmp/usr/lib
-	rm -rf debian/tmp/usr/local
+	if [ -e debian/tmp/usr/local/lib ]; \
+	then \
+		mv debian/tmp/usr/local/lib/python* debian/tmp/usr/lib; \
+		rm -rf debian/tmp/usr/local; \
+	fi
 
 	# remove empty manpages
 	find debian/tmp/usr/share/man -type f -empty -exec rm -f {} +