diff --git a/pythonforandroid/build.py b/pythonforandroid/build.py
index a975956b90..b632fe4aa2 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/build.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/build.py
@@ -485,7 +485,8 @@ def has_package(self, name, arch=None):
                 exists(join(site_packages_dir, name + '.py')) or
                 exists(join(site_packages_dir, name + '.pyc')) or
                 exists(join(site_packages_dir, name + '.pyo')) or
-                exists(join(site_packages_dir, name + '.so')))
+                exists(join(site_packages_dir, name + '.so')) or
+                glob.glob(join(site_packages_dir, name + '-*.egg')))
 
     def not_has_package(self, name, arch=None):
         return not self.has_package(name, arch)