diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/build-python-package-common.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/build-python-package-common.nix
index 381606acd8b..2b383fe985d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/build-python-package-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/build-python-package-common.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ attrs // {
     export PYTHONPATH="$out/${python.sitePackages}:$PYTHONPATH"
 
     pushd dist
-    ${bootstrapped-pip}/bin/pip install *.whl --no-index --prefix=$out --no-cache ${toString installFlags}
+    ${bootstrapped-pip}/bin/pip install *.whl --no-index --prefix=$out --no-cache ${toString installFlags} --build tmpbuild
     popd
 
     runHook postInstall