diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/install.py b/Lib/distutils/command/install.py

index 0258d3d..4ebf50a 100644

--- a/Lib/distutils/command/install.py

+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/install.py

@@ -418,8 +418,19 @@ class install(Command):

                     raise DistutilsOptionError(

                           "must not supply exec-prefix without prefix")

-                self.prefix = os.path.normpath(sys.prefix)

-                self.exec_prefix = os.path.normpath(sys.exec_prefix)

+                # self.prefix is set to sys.prefix + /local/

+                # if neither RPM build nor virtual environment is

+                # detected to make pip and distutils install packages

+                # into the separate location.

+                if (not (hasattr(sys, 'real_prefix') or

+                    sys.prefix != sys.base_prefix) and

+                    'RPM_BUILD_ROOT' not in os.environ):

+                    addition = "/local"

+                else:

+                    addition = ""

+

+                self.prefix = os.path.normpath(sys.prefix) + addition

+                self.exec_prefix = os.path.normpath(sys.exec_prefix) + addition

             else:

                 if self.exec_prefix is None:

diff --git a/Lib/site.py b/Lib/site.py

index 0fc9200..c95202e 100644

--- a/Lib/site.py

+++ b/Lib/site.py

@@ -322,7 +322,14 @@ def getsitepackages(prefixes=None):

     return sitepackages

 def addsitepackages(known_paths, prefixes=None):

-    """Add site-packages to sys.path"""

+    """Add site-packages to sys.path

+

+    '/usr/local' is included in PREFIXES if RPM build is not detected

+    to make packages installed into this location visible.

+

+    """

+    if ENABLE_USER_SITE and 'RPM_BUILD_ROOT' not in os.environ:

+        PREFIXES.insert(0, "/usr/local")

     for sitedir in getsitepackages(prefixes):

         if os.path.isdir(sitedir):

             addsitedir(sitedir, known_paths)