diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-xlrd_2.0.1.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-xlrd_2.0.1.bb
index bd6853e747..da0dc26715 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-xlrd_2.0.1.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-xlrd_2.0.1.bb
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ SRCREV = "b8d573e11ec149da695d695c81a156232b89a949"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 inherit ptest setuptools3
+PIP_INSTALL_PACKAGE = "xlrd"
+PIP_INSTALL_DIST_PATH = "${S}/dist"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "${PYTHON_PN}-compression ${PYTHON_PN}-io ${PYTHON_PN}-pprint ${PYTHON_PN}-shell"