diff --git a/apps/mailbox/Makefile b/apps/mailbox/Makefile
index 3d049a88..ae7ec60d 100644
--- a/apps/mailbox/Makefile
+++ b/apps/mailbox/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -f ${TARBALL_PREFIX}*.tar.gz
 
 compile: 
-	python${PYTHON_VERSION} /usr/local/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/compileall.py -q .
+	python${PYTHON_VERSION} py_comp -l -q .
 
 install: all
 	install -d ${BASEDIR}/${LIB_INSTALLDIR}
diff --git a/apps/mailbox/py_comp b/apps/mailbox/py_comp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..911ce58f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mailbox/py_comp
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import compileall
+compileall.main()