diff --git a/isc-config.sh.in b/isc-config.sh.in
index 40f9bba..e446da2 100644
--- a/isc-config.sh.in
+++ b/isc-config.sh.in
@@ -13,7 +13,18 @@ prefix=@prefix@
 exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
 exec_prefix_set=
 includedir=@includedir@
-libdir=@libdir@
+arch=$(uname -m)
+
+case $arch in
+	x86_64 | amd64 | sparc64 | s390x | ppc64)
+		libdir=/usr/lib64
+		sec_libdir=/usr/lib
+		;;
+	* )
+		libdir=/usr/lib
+		sec_libdir=/usr/lib64
+		;;
+esac
 
 usage()
 {
@@ -128,6 +139,16 @@ if test x"$echo_libs" = x"true"; then
 	if test x"${exec_prefix_set}" = x"true"; then
 		libs="-L${exec_prefix}/lib"
 	else
+		if [ ! -x $libdir/libisc.so ] ; then
+			if [ ! -x $sec_libdir/libisc.so ] ; then
+				echo "Error: ISC libs not found in $libdir"
+				if [ -d $sec_libdir ] ; then
+					echo "Error: ISC libs not found in $sec_libdir"
+				fi
+				exit 1
+			fi
+			libdir=$sec_libdir
+		fi
 		libs="-L${libdir}"
 	fi
 	if test x"$libirs" = x"true" ; then