diff --git a/newapkbuild.in b/newapkbuild.in
index 0bbd4ee..6ce09d0 100644
--- a/newapkbuild.in
+++ b/newapkbuild.in
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ __EOF__
 			buildtype="cmake"
 		elif [ -r "$sdir"/Makefile ]; then
 			buildtype="make"
-		elif [ -r "$sdir"/setup.py ]; then
+		elif [ -r "$sdir"/setup.py ] || [ "${pn#py[0-9]-}" != "$pn" ]; then
 			buildtype="python"
 		elif [ -r "$sdir"/Cargo.toml ]; then
 			buildtype="rust"