diff --git a/scripts/build/termux_step_get_dependencies_python.sh b/scripts/build/termux_step_get_dependencies_python.sh
index c79ee8902e964ac..6b1abb1b823ea1c 100644
--- a/scripts/build/termux_step_get_dependencies_python.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/termux_step_get_dependencies_python.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ termux_step_get_dependencies_python() {
 		# adding and setting values ​​to work properly with python modules
 		export PYTHONPATH=$TERMUX_PYTHON_HOME/site-packages
 		if [ "$TERMUX_ON_DEVICE_BUILD" = "false" ]; then
-			export PYTHONPATH+=":$TERMUX_PYTHON_CROSSENV_PREFIX/build/lib/python${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages"
+			export PYTHONPATH_MAINHOST="$PYTHONPATH:$TERMUX_PYTHON_CROSSENV_PREFIX/build/lib/python${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages"
 		fi
 		export PYTHON_SITE_PKG=$PYTHONPATH
 	fi