It seems site.addsitedir() sticks this at the end; we want it first.

build.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ if plat.startswith("sunos"):
 elif plat.startswith("linux"):
     plat = "linux"
 site.addsitedir(os.path.expanduser("~/.local/" + plat + "/lib/python2.7/site-packages"))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.expanduser("~/.local/" + plat + "/lib/python2.7/site-packages"))
 sys.path.insert(0, ".")
 
 from mako.template import Template