diff --git a/lib/RuntimePython27.js b/lib/RuntimePython27.js
index 496967feb..6a6214dae 100644
--- a/lib/RuntimePython27.js
+++ b/lib/RuntimePython27.js
@@ -96,22 +96,24 @@ class ServerlessRuntimePython27 extends RuntimeBase {
       });
   }
 
-  getHandler() {
-    return "_serverless_handler.handler";
+  getHandler(func) {
+    return path.join(path.dirname(func.handler), "_serverless_handler.handler");
   }
 
   _afterCopyDir(func, pathDist, stage, region) {
     return this._getEnvVars(stage, region)
       .then(envVars => {
-        const handlerArr    = func.handler.split('/').pop().split('.'),
-              handlerFile   = handlerArr[0],
+
+        const handlerArr    = func.handler.split('.'),
+              handlerDir    = path.dirname(func.handler),
+              handlerFile   = handlerArr[0].split('/').pop(),
               handlerMethod = handlerArr[1];
 
         let loader = ['import os'];
         loader = loader.concat(_.map(envVars, (value, key) => `os.environ['${key}'] = str('${value}')`));
         loader.push(`from ${handlerFile} import ${handlerMethod}`);
 
-        return fs.writeFileAsync(path.join(pathDist, '_serverless_handler.py'), loader.join('\n'));
+        return fs.writeFileAsync(path.join(pathDist, handlerDir, '_serverless_handler.py'), loader.join('\n'));
       });
   }