diff --git a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
index eb7f8a1d3..03769a969 100644
--- a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
+++ b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  - updated xemacs-packages (2003-10-03)
  - fixed auctex's priority
  - Sebastian Czech: updated pcmcia-cs
+ - Juergen Sawinski: fixed python related gnome24 build problems
 
 *) 2003-11-17 (2.0.0-rc2 - 2.0.0-rc3)
 
diff --git a/package/gnome24/glib/gnome-24.conf b/package/gnome24/glib/gnome-24.conf
index efcce6992..63112f7a3 100644
--- a/package/gnome24/glib/gnome-24.conf
+++ b/package/gnome24/glib/gnome-24.conf
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ fi
 # index.sgml is missing almost all packages ->
 var_append confopt " " "--disable-gtk-doc"
 
-#@FIXME determine python version
-export PYTHONPATH="$root/$prefix/lib/python2.3/site-packages/:/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/"
-
 #@FIXME remove once gnome24 is polished:
 configure_features() {
 	if [ -f ./configure ] ; then 
diff --git a/package/gnome24/pygtk/pygtk.conf b/package/gnome24/pygtk/pygtk.conf
index 1d2d401b5..8753ac628 100644
--- a/package/gnome24/pygtk/pygtk.conf
+++ b/package/gnome24/pygtk/pygtk.conf
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@
 # 
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-
 . $base/package/*/*/gnome-24.conf
 
+pygtk_pi() {
+	# set python path
+	PYVER="`python -V 2>&1 | sed 's,.*\([0-9][.][0-9]\).*,\1,'`"
+
+	cat > $root/etc/profile.d/pygtk <<-EOF
+export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH${PYTHONPATH:+:}/usr/lib/python$PYVER/site-packages/:$root/$prefix/lib/python$PYVER/site-packages/gtk-2.0
+EOF
+}
+
+hook_add postinstall 3 pygtk_pi
+