diff --git a/custompkg/root/etc/skel/Library/user-setup/099.add-python-path.sh b/custompkg/root/etc/skel/Library/user-setup/099.add-python-path.sh
index 4b92648..6a49d23 100755
--- a/custompkg/root/etc/skel/Library/user-setup/099.add-python-path.sh
+++ b/custompkg/root/etc/skel/Library/user-setup/099.add-python-path.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # adds homebrew python packages dir to python paths
 
+if [[ -d "$HOME/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/" ]]; then
 echo "import site; site.addsitedir(\"$HOME/Library/Homebrew/lib/python2.7/site-packages\")" >> \
 	$HOME/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/homebrew.pth
+fi