diff --git a/package/gnome2/pygtk/pygtk.conf b/package/gnome2/pygtk/pygtk.conf
index 23e99c904..694bad700 100644
--- a/package/gnome2/pygtk/pygtk.conf
+++ b/package/gnome2/pygtk/pygtk.conf
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 pygtk_pi() {
 	PYVER="`python -V 2>&1 | sed 's/Python \([0-9]\.[0-9]\).*/\1/'`"
 	cat > $root/etc/profile.d/pygtk <<-EOF
-export PYTHONPATH=\$PYTHONPATH\${PYTHONPATH:+:}$root/$prefix/lib/python$PYVER/site-packages:$root/$prefix/lib/python$PYVER/site-packages/gtk-2.0
+export PYTHONPATH=\$PYTHONPATH\${PYTHONPATH:+:}/$prefix/lib/python$PYVER/site-packages:/$prefix/lib/python$PYVER/site-packages/gtk-2.0
 EOF
 }
 
diff --git a/package/rene/subversion/subversion.conf b/package/rene/subversion/subversion.conf
index f029ef1a2..022052e6c 100644
--- a/package/rene/subversion/subversion.conf
+++ b/package/rene/subversion/subversion.conf
@@ -74,11 +74,20 @@ else
 		make install-swig-py
 	}
 
+	# install etc/profile.d/subversion
+	svn_inst_profile() {
+		cat > $root/etc/profile.d/subversion <<-EOF
+export PYTHONPATH=\$PYTHONPATH\${PYTHONPATH:+:}/$prefix/lib/svn-python
+EOF
+	}
+
 	hook_add postmake 3 "install_init svnserve $confdir/svnserve.init"
 	hook_add postmake 4 "cp -vrf tools $docdir"
 
 	# if swig is present build and install the perl and python bindings
 	pkginstalled swig && [ -n "$( type -p perl   )" ] && hook_add postmake 5 "svn_inst_pl"
 	pkginstalled swig && [ -n "$( type -p python )" ] && hook_add postmake 5 "svn_inst_py"
+
+	hook_add postmake 5 "svn_inst_profile"
 fi