diff --git a/build/bin/sage-dist-helpers b/build/bin/sage-dist-helpers
index 339d06ce493..ed23ba5014b 100644
--- a/build/bin/sage-dist-helpers
+++ b/build/bin/sage-dist-helpers
@@ -239,6 +239,18 @@ sdh_prefix_args () {
 
 sdh_pip_install() {
     echo "Installing $PKG_NAME"
+<<<<<<< HEAD
+=======
+    if [ -n "$SAGE_DESTDIR" ]; then
+        local sudo=""
+    else
+        local sudo="$SAGE_SUDO"
+    fi
+    if [ "$*" = "." ]; then
+        $sudo sage-pip-uninstall "$@" || \
+            sdh_die "Error uninstalling a previous version of $PKG_NAME"
+    fi
+>>>>>>> 9750195b6f (WIP: Install pip packages with sage-spkg)
     mkdir -p dist
     rm -f dist/*.whl
     install_options=""
@@ -303,14 +315,12 @@ sdh_store_wheel() {
     if [ "$*" != "." ]; then
         sdh_die "Error: sdh_store_wheel requires . as only argument"
     fi
-    wheel=""
-    for w in dist/*.whl; do
-        if [ -n "$wheel" ]; then
-            sdh_die "Error: more than one wheel found after building"
-        fi
-        if [ -f "$w" ]; then
-            wheel="$w"
-        fi
+    for wheel in dist/*.whl; do
+        $sudo sage-pip-install $root "$wheel" || \
+            sdh_die "Error installing $wheel"
+        mkdir -p "${SAGE_DESTDIR}${SAGE_SPKG_WHEELS}" && \
+            $sudo mv "$wheel" "${SAGE_DESTDIR}${SAGE_SPKG_WHEELS}/" || \
+            sdh_die "Error storing $wheel"
     done
     if [ -z "$wheel" ]; then
         sdh_die "Error: no wheel found after building"
diff --git a/build/bin/sage-spkg b/build/bin/sage-spkg
index fd03bd8f01f..1b3b59d726a 100755
--- a/build/bin/sage-spkg
+++ b/build/bin/sage-spkg
@@ -647,13 +647,16 @@ if [ -f spkg-build ]; then
         error_msg "Error installing package $PKG_NAME" "make"
         exit 1
     fi
-else
+elif [ -f spkg-install ]; then
     # Package only has spkg-install
     time ./spkg-install
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
         error_msg "Error installing package $PKG_NAME" "make"
         exit 1
     fi
+elif [ -f requirements.txt ]; then
+    . sage-dist-helpers
+    sdh_pip_install -r requirements.txt
 fi
 
 # To work around #26996: Remove the symlink set, or we get "cp: cannot overwrite directory"
diff --git a/build/make/Makefile.in b/build/make/Makefile.in
index 34c3b356c09..e33450bd312 100644
--- a/build/make/Makefile.in
+++ b/build/make/Makefile.in
@@ -537,40 +537,16 @@ $(foreach pkgname, $(NORMAL_PACKAGES),\
 endif
 
 # ================================ pip packages ===============================
-# Generate build rules for 'pip' packages; this template is used to generate
-# two rules in the form:
-#
-# <pkgname>: <dependencies>
-#     $(AM_V_at)sage-logger -p 'sage --pip install ...' '$(SAGE_LOGS)/<pkgname>.log'
-#
-# <pkgname>-clean:
-#     -sage --pip uninstall -y ...
-
-# Positional arguments:
-#     $(1): package name
-#     $(2): package dependencies
-define PIP_PACKAGE_templ
-$(1)-build-deps: $(2)
-
-$(1): $(2)
-	+$(MAKE_REC) $(1)-no-deps
-
-$(1)-no-deps:
-	$(AM_V_at)sage-logger -p 'sage --pip install -r "$$(SAGE_ROOT)/build/pkgs/$(1)/requirements.txt"' '$$(SAGE_LOGS)/$(1).log'
-
-$(1)-clean:
-	-sage --pip uninstall --isolated --yes --no-input -r '$$(SAGE_ROOT)/build/pkgs/$(1)/requirements.txt'
-
-.PHONY: $(1) $(1)-clean $(1)-build-deps $(1)-no-deps
-endef
-
 $(foreach pkgname,$(PIP_PACKAGES),\
-	$(eval $(call PIP_PACKAGE_templ,$(pkgname),$(call pkg_deps,$(pkgname)))))
+	$(eval $(call NORMAL_PACKAGE_templ,$(pkgname),$(vers_$(pkgname)),$(call pkg_deps,$(pkgname)))))
+$(foreach pkgname, $(PIP_PACKAGES),\
+	$(eval $(call NORMAL_PACKAGE_clean_templ,$(pkgname),$(vers_$(pkgname)),\
+	                                   $(call pkg_deps,$(pkgname)))))
 
 ifdef DEBUG_RULES
 $(info # Rules for pip packages)
 $(foreach pkgname,$(PIP_PACKAGES),\
-	$(info $(call PIP_PACKAGE_templ,$(pkgname),$(call pkg_deps,$(pkgname)))))
+	$(info $(call NORMAL_PACKAGE_templ,$(pkgname),$(vers_$(pkgname)),$(call pkg_deps,$(pkgname)))))
 endif
 
 # ============================= script packages ==============================