--- a/third_party/python/virtualenv/virtualenv/discovery/py_info.py
+++ b/third_party/python/virtualenv/virtualenv/discovery/py_info.py
@@ -177,7 +177,11 @@
         )
         if not os.path.exists(path):  # some broken packaging don't respect the sysconfig, fallback to distutils path
             # the pattern include the distribution name too at the end, remove that via the parent call
-            fallback = os.path.join(self.prefix, os.path.dirname(self.distutils_install["headers"]))
+            # A hack for https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/2208
+            distutils_path = self.distutils_install["headers"]
+            if distutils_path.startswith(u"local/"):
+                distutils_path = distutils_path[6:]
+            fallback = os.path.join(self.prefix, os.path.dirname(distutils_path))
             if os.path.exists(fallback):
                 path = fallback
         return path