diff --git a/release/build_release2.sh b/release/build_release2.sh
index 9b0e16d566..6d0ba3aba2 100755
--- a/release/build_release2.sh
+++ b/release/build_release2.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ rm -rf /data/openpilot/pandaextra
 popd
 
 # Build stuff
+ln -sf /data/openpilot /data/pythonpath
 export PYTHONPATH="/data/openpilot:/data/openpilot/pyextra"
 SCONS_CACHE=1 scons -j3
 nosetests -s selfdrive/test/test_openpilot.py