diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/files/pycompile b/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/files/pycompile
index 1e554421a9..aa73dd2fce 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/files/pycompile
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/files/pycompile
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 #
 # pycompile_module="blah foo"
 #
+# Or if a module is stored in top-level site-packages directory:
+#
+# pycompile_module="foo.py"
+#
 # Arguments:	$ACTION = [run/targets]
 #		$TARGET = [post-install/pre-remove]
 #		$PKGNAME
@@ -40,10 +44,17 @@ compile()
 	done
 	for f in ${pycompile_module}; do
 		echo "Byte-compiling python code for module ${f}..."
-		python -m compileall -f -q \
-			usr/lib/python${PYVER}/site-packages/${f} && \
-		python -O -m compileall -f -q \
-			usr/lib/python${PYVER}/site-packages/${f}
+		if [ -d usr/lib/python${PYVER}/site-packages/${f} ]; then
+			python -m compileall -f -q \
+				usr/lib/python${PYVER}/site-packages/${f} && \
+			python -O -m compileall -f -q \
+				usr/lib/python${PYVER}/site-packages/${f}
+		else
+			python -m compileall -f -q \
+				usr/lib/python${PYVER}/site-packages/${f} && \
+			python -O -m compileall -f -q \
+				usr/lib/python${PYVER}/site-packages/${f}
+		fi
 	done
 }
 
@@ -55,8 +66,12 @@ remove()
 	done
 	for f in ${pycompile_module}; do
 		echo "Removing byte-compiled python code for module ${f}..."
-		find usr/lib/python${PYVER}/site-packages/${f} \
-			-type f -name \*.py[co] -delete 2>&1 >/dev/null
+		if [ -d usr/lib/python${PYVER}/site-packages/${f} ]; then
+			find usr/lib/python${PYVER}/site-packages/${f} \
+				-type f -name \*.py[co] -delete 2>&1 >/dev/null
+		else
+			rm -f usr/lib/python${PYVER}/site-packages/${f%.py}.py[co]
+		fi
 	done
 }
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/template
index 6e0398eb14..f821b2c3f1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'xbps-triggers'
 pkgname=xbps-triggers
-version=0.45
+version=0.46
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 noextract=yes