diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b1b4af9..484eaa7 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "thirdparty/bls-signatures"]
-	path = thirdparty/bls-signatures
+[submodule "crypto/thirdparty/bls-signatures"]
+	path = crypto/thirdparty/bls-signatures
 	url = https://github.com/ArkEcosystem/bls-signatures
diff --git a/crypto/identity/bls_private_key.py b/crypto/identity/bls_private_key.py
index dc14813..0e56c03 100644
--- a/crypto/identity/bls_private_key.py
+++ b/crypto/identity/bls_private_key.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import os
 from os.path import dirname
 
-sys.path.append(os.path.join(dirname(dirname(dirname(__file__))), 'thirdparty/bls-signatures/python-impl'))
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(dirname(dirname(__file__)), 'thirdparty/bls-signatures/python-impl'))
 
 from schemes import BasicSchemeMPL
 
diff --git a/crypto/identity/bls_public_key.py b/crypto/identity/bls_public_key.py
index a52fa24..00e9157 100644
--- a/crypto/identity/bls_public_key.py
+++ b/crypto/identity/bls_public_key.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import os
 from os.path import dirname
 
-sys.path.append(os.path.join(dirname(dirname(dirname(__file__))), 'thirdparty/bls-signatures/python-impl'))
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(dirname(dirname(__file__)), 'thirdparty/bls-signatures/python-impl'))
 
 from schemes import PrivateKey
 
diff --git a/thirdparty/bls-signatures b/crypto/thirdparty/bls-signatures
similarity index 100%
rename from thirdparty/bls-signatures
rename to crypto/thirdparty/bls-signatures
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b27e4fc..7ce2715 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
     author='Ark Ecosystem',
     author_email='info@ark.io',
     url='https://github.com/ArkEcosystem/python-crypto',
-    packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=['tests', 'tests.*']),
+    packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=['tests', 'tests.*', 'crypto/thirdparty/bls-signatures'])
+        + ['crypto/thirdparty/bls-signatures/python-impl'],
     install_requires=requires,
     extras_require=extras_require,
     tests_require=tests_require,