--- a/bindings/python/Makefile.am	2016-08-26 04:28:48.000000000 +0200
+++ b/bindings/python/Makefile.am	2016-09-10 16:13:33.554781694 +0200
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 # Created by Linas Vepstas February 2014
 #
 
-SWIG_SOURCES = ../swig/link_grammar.i
-# BUILT_C_SOURCES = $(top_builddir)/bindings/python/lg_python_wrap.cc
-BUILT_C_SOURCES = ../../bindings/python/lg_python_wrap.cc
+SWIG_SOURCES = $(top_srcdir)/bindings/swig/link_grammar.i
+BUILT_C_SOURCES = $(top_builddir)/bindings/python/lg_python_wrap.cc
 BUILT_PY_SOURCES = $(top_builddir)/bindings/python/clinkgrammar.py
 
 # Over-ride the install location, so as to remove the dash in the
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@
 pkgpython_PYTHON =                                 \
-   linkgrammar.py                                  \
+   $(srcdir)/linkgrammar.py                                  \
    $(top_builddir)/bindings/python/__init__.py     \
-   $(top_builddir)/bindings/python/clinkgrammar.py
+   $(BUILT_PY_SOURCES)
 
 
 # These are packaged in the tarball; make clean should not remove them.
--- a/bindings/python3/Makefile.am	2016-08-26 04:28:48.000000000 +0200
+++ b/bindings/python3/Makefile.am	2016-09-11 01:30:35.700926275 +0200
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 # Created by Linas Vepstas February 2014
 #
 
-SWIG_SOURCES = ../swig/link_grammar.i
-# BUILT_C_SOURCES = $(top_builddir)/bindings/python3/lg_python_wrap.cc
-BUILT_C_SOURCES = ../../bindings/python3/lg_python_wrap.cc
+SWIG_SOURCES = $(top_srcdir)/bindings/swig/link_grammar.i
+BUILT_C_SOURCES = $(top_builddir)/bindings/python3/lg_python_wrap.cc
 BUILT_PY_SOURCES = $(top_builddir)/bindings/python3/clinkgrammar.py
 
 # Over-ride the install location, so as to remove the dash in the
@@ -18,9 +17,9 @@
 
 # Files that get installed in $pkgpythondir
 pkgpython3_PYTHON =                                 \
-   ../../bindings/python/linkgrammar.py             \
+   $(top_srcdir)/bindings/python/linkgrammar.py     \
    $(top_builddir)/bindings/python3/__init__.py     \
-   $(top_builddir)/bindings/python3/clinkgrammar.py
+   $(BUILT_PY_SOURCES)
 
 
 # Apparently, anaconda does not work without this!?
--- a/bindings/python3/Makefile.am	2016-09-11 12:44:01.466971878 +0200
+++ b/bindings/python3/Makefile.am	2016-09-11 12:44:22.385788941 +0200
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # This seems wrong and lme to me, but see issue #298
 pkgpypathdir=$(pythondir)
 pkgpypath_PYTHON =                                 \
-   linkgrammar.pth
+   $(srcdir)/linkgrammar.pth
 
 # These are packaged in the tarball; make clean should not remove them.
 maintainer-clean-local: