diff --git a/.arcconfig b/.arcconfig
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.arcconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "phabricator.uri" : "https://phabricator.kde.org/"
+}
diff --git a/cmake-modules/KDEPython.cmake b/cmake-modules/KDEPython.cmake
--- a/cmake-modules/KDEPython.cmake
+++ b/cmake-modules/KDEPython.cmake
@@ -35,15 +35,22 @@
     get_filename_component(_absfilename ${SOURCE_FILE} ABSOLUTE)
     get_filename_component(_filename ${SOURCE_FILE} NAME)
     get_filename_component(_filenamebase ${SOURCE_FILE} NAME_WE)
-    get_filename_component(_basepath ${SOURCE_FILE} PATH)
+	get_filename_component(_basepath ${SOURCE_FILE} DIRECTORY)
     file(RELATIVE_PATH _relativefilename ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} ${_absfilename})
 
+    if(IS_ABSOLUTE ${_basepath})
+        set(_bin_py ${_basepath}/${_filename})
+        set(_bin_pyc "${_basepath}/__pycache__/${_filenamebase}.cpython-${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}.pyc")
+        file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${_basepath})
+    else()
     set(_bin_py ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_basepath}/${_filename})
 
     set(_bin_pyc "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_basepath}/__pycache__/${_filenamebase}.cpython-${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}.pyc")
-    set(_py_install_dir "${DESTINATION_DIR}/__pycache__/")
 
     file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_basepath})
+endif()
+
+    set(_py_install_dir "${DESTINATION_DIR}/__pycache__/")
 
     # Setting because it will be displayed later, in compile_python_files
     set(_message "Byte-compiling ${_bin_py} to ${_bin_pyc}")
@@ -108,8 +115,13 @@
     set(TARGET ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}/${_pyname})
     set(LINK_NAME ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${BIN_INSTALL_DIR}/${_exename})
 
-    GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(abs_link_name $ENV{DESTDIR}/${LINK_NAME} ABSOLUTE)
-    GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(link_path $ENV{DESTDIR}/${LINK_NAME} PATH)
+    if("$ENV{DESTDIR}" STREQUAL "" AND IS_ABSOLUTE ${LINK_NAME})
+        GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(abs_link_name ${LINK_NAME} ABSOLUTE)
+        GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(link_path ${LINK_NAME} PATH)
+    else()
+    	GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(abs_link_name $ENV{DESTDIR}/${LINK_NAME} ABSOLUTE)
+    	GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(link_path $ENV{DESTDIR}/${LINK_NAME} PATH)
+	endif()
     GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(abs_link_path ${link_path} ABSOLUTE)
     FILE(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${abs_link_path})
     GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(abs_target ${TARGET} ABSOLUTE)