diff --git a/bin/openerp-server.py b/bin/openerp-server.py
index 447b9577b84..5a43030e8e5 100644
--- a/bin/openerp-server.py
+++ b/bin/openerp-server.py
@@ -43,9 +43,12 @@ import pwd
 # the path needs to be updated before any `import xml`
 # TODO: remove PyXML dependencies, use lxml instead.
 #----------------------------------------------------------
-_oldxml = '/usr/lib/python%s/dist-packages/oldxml' % sys.version[:3]
-if os.path.exists(_oldxml):
-    sys.path.insert(0,_oldxml)
+_oldxml1 = '/usr/lib/python%s/site-packages/oldxml' % sys.version[:3]
+_oldxml2 = '/usr/lib/python%s/dist-packages/oldxml' % sys.version[:3]
+if os.path.exists(_oldxml1):
+    sys.path.insert(0,_oldxml1)
+elif os.path.exists(_oldxml2):
+    sys.path.insert(0,_oldxml2)
 
 import release
 __author__ = release.author