diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/pybind11/pybind11-2.2.4-intel-2018b-Python-3.6.6.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/pybind11/pybind11-2.2.4-intel-2018b-Python-3.6.6.eb
index 2b717d25076..65b955a13b7 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/pybind11/pybind11-2.2.4-intel-2018b-Python-3.6.6.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/pybind11/pybind11-2.2.4-intel-2018b-Python-3.6.6.eb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ builddependencies = [
 ]
 dependencies = [('Python', '3.6.6')]
 
-installopts = " && export PYBIND11_USE_CMAKE=1 && pip install --prefix %(installdir)s . "
+installopts = " && PYBIND11_USE_CMAKE=1 pip install --prefix %(installdir)s %(builddir)s/%(name)s-%(version)s "
 
 sanity_check_paths = {
     'files': [],