diff --git a/tools/onnx2daq/python/setup.py b/tools/onnx2daq/python/setup.py
index 98a471a..81c5e04 100644
--- a/tools/onnx2daq/python/setup.py
+++ b/tools/onnx2daq/python/setup.py
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ def build_extension(self, ext):
                 '-DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON',
                 '-DPY_EXT_SUFFIX={}'.format(sysconfig.get_config_var('EXT_SUFFIX') or ''),
                 '-DDNN_BUILD_PYTHON=ON',
-                '-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY={}'.format(extdir),
             ]
             if COVERAGE or DEBUG:
                 # in order to get accurate coverage information, the
@@ -144,6 +143,21 @@ def build_extension(self, ext):
                 build_args.extend(['--', '-j', str(multiprocessing.cpu_count())])
             subprocess.check_call(build_args)
 
+        fullname = self.get_ext_fullname(ext.name)
+        filename = os.path.basename(self.get_ext_filename(fullname))
+
+        lib_path = os.path.join(CMAKE_BUILD_DIR, 'tools', 'onnx2daq')
+        if os.name == 'nt':
+            debug_lib_dir = os.path.join(lib_path, "Debug")
+            release_lib_dir = os.path.join(lib_path, "Release")
+            if os.path.exists(debug_lib_dir):
+                lib_path = debug_lib_dir
+            elif os.path.exists(release_lib_dir):
+                lib_path = release_lib_dir
+        src = os.path.join(lib_path, filename)
+        dst = os.path.join(os.path.realpath(self.build_lib), "onnx2daq", filename)
+        self.copy_file(src, dst)
+
 
 cmdclass = {
     'build_ext': build_ext,