diff --git a/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt b/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e1cddc8475d8a75a9871235dc0ab030683e0769..a513d76eeafce796d2a48097f9eeb28f54012387 100644
--- a/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -426,9 +426,14 @@ message( STATUS "Platform ${_platform_desc}" )
 # is most likely to be --install-layout=deb .
 set(EXTRA_ARGS "--prefix ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} ${DISTUTILS_EXTRA_ARGS}")
 
-# On Debian/Ubuntu install using debian layout
+# On Debian/Ubuntu install using debian layout. 
+# NOTE: Also create setup.cfg file which setup prefix and install-layout
+# suitable for DEBIAN systems.
 if( ${_platform_desc} MATCHES ".*(Ubuntu|Debian).*" )
     list( APPEND EXTRA_ARGS "--install-layout=deb" )
+    file(WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/python/setup.cfg 
+         "[install]\nprefix=/usr\ninstall-layout=deb" 
+       )
 endif( )
 
 # If make is called with sudo, install in system directories. Otherwise use
@@ -458,20 +463,14 @@ endif()
 if(NOT PYMOOSE_BDIST_DIR)
     set(PYMOOSE_BDIST_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/pymoose_bdist)
 endif( )
+
 # get platform and arch using python.
+# NOTE: creating bdist or bdist_dump uses /usr and /usr/local on rpm and deb
+# based unix respectively. Not a great situation to be in. Need to write a
+# setup.cfg file to fix the prefix in all cases. 
 find_package( PythonInterp REQUIRED)
-execute_process( 
-    COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -c "import sys;print('%s-%s'%(sys.platform,sys.arch))"
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE PY_PLATFORM_ARCH
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-    )
-# If not set, use default.
-if(NOT PY_PLATFORM_ARCH)
-    mes(PY_PLATFORM_ARCH "linux-x86_64")
-endif( )
-message(STATUS "Building bdist for arch: ${PY_PLATFORM_ARCH}")
 add_custom_target( bdist 
-    COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} setup.cmake.py bdist -p ${PY_PLATFORM_ARCH} -d ${PYMOOSE_BDIST_DIR}
+    COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} setup.cmake.py bdist_dumb -d ${PYMOOSE_BDIST_DIR}
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/python
     COMMENT "Genearating bdist using setup.cmake.py." 
     VERBATIM
diff --git a/moose-core/python/setup.cmake.py b/moose-core/python/setup.cmake.py
index 22da886d01bf295f75e044920edfebd1bcb410b6..b1761f9957ee37b274fc3fbc6cd50b833356a107 100644
--- a/moose-core/python/setup.cmake.py
+++ b/moose-core/python/setup.cmake.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ try:
 except Exception as e:
     from distutils.core import setup
 
+
 # Read version from VERSION created by cmake file. This file must be present for
 # setup.cmake.py to work perfectly.
 script_dir = os.path.dirname( os.path.abspath( __file__ ) )