diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/sip.py b/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/sip.py
index 5d93e23ac2d..f1263c12a60 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/sip.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/build_systems/sip.py
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ def configure(self, pkg, spec, prefix):
         args = ["--verbose", "--target-dir", inspect.getmodule(self.pkg).python_platlib]
         args.extend(self.configure_args())
 
+        # https://github.com/Python-SIP/sip/commit/cb0be6cb6e9b756b8b0db3136efb014f6fb9b766
+        if spec["py-sip"].satisfies("@6.1.0:"):
+            args.extend(["--scripts-dir", pkg.prefix.bin])
+
         sip_build = Executable(spec["py-sip"].prefix.bin.join("sip-build"))
         sip_build(*args)