diff --git a/ports/python2/007-fix-build-path.patch b/ports/python2/007-fix-build-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5dc4633e07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/python2/007-fix-build-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/PCbuild/python.props b/PCbuild/python.props
+index d2b1991..a22c054 100644
+--- a/PCbuild/python.props
++++ b/PCbuild/python.props
+@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@
+     <PySourcePath Condition="!HasTrailingSlash($(PySourcePath))">$(PySourcePath)\</PySourcePath>
+ 
+     <!-- Directory where build outputs are put -->
+-    <BuildPath Condition="'$(BuildPath)' == ''">$(PySourcePath)PCBuild\</BuildPath>
+-    <BuildPath Condition="'$(ArchName)' != 'win32'">$(BuildPath)\$(ArchName)\</BuildPath>
++    <BuildPath Condition="'$(BuildPath)' == ''">$(PySourcePath)PCBuild\$(ArchName)\</BuildPath>
+     <BuildPath Condition="!HasTrailingSlash($(BuildPath))">$(BuildPath)\</BuildPath>
+ 
+     <!-- Directories of external projects. tcltk is handled in tcltk.props -->
diff --git a/ports/python2/portfile.cmake b/ports/python2/portfile.cmake
index c21b1f1e60..0c53ec1287 100644
--- a/ports/python2/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/python2/portfile.cmake
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ vcpkg_apply_patches(
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/002-build-msvc.patch
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/003-build-msvc.patch
         ${_PYTHON_PATCHES}
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/007-fix-build-path.patch
 )
 
 if (VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE MATCHES "x86")