diff --git a/configure.mk b/configure.mk
index 81bbe16c..1e69eb16 100755
--- a/configure.mk
+++ b/configure.mk
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ $(call add_substitution, pkgdatadir,       $(datadir)/$(PACKAGE_NAME))
 $(call add_substitution, pkglogdir,        $(logdir)/$(PACKAGE_NAME))
 
 # Additional directories
-$(call add_substitution, assetdir,       $(pkgdatadir)/assests)
+$(call add_substitution, pythonsitedir,  $(shell python3 -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())"))
+$(call add_substitution, assetdir,       $(pythonsitedir)/hades/portal/assets)
 $(call add_substitution, systemdenvfile, /etc/default/hades)
 $(call add_substitution, templatedir,    $(pkgdatadir)/templates)
 $(call add_substitution, venvdir,        $(NULL))
diff --git a/templates/nginx/sites-available/default.j2 b/templates/nginx/sites-available/default.j2
index b65bc56f..48008790 100644
--- a/templates/nginx/sites-available/default.j2
+++ b/templates/nginx/sites-available/default.j2
@@ -39,4 +39,8 @@ server {
 		include uwsgi_params;
 		uwsgi_pass unix:{{ constants.PORTAL_UWSGI_SOCKET }};
 	}
+
+	location /assets {
+		alias {{ constants.assetdir }};
+	}
 }