diff --git a/plugins/python/uwsgiplugin.py b/plugins/python/uwsgiplugin.py
index cc0512ef..d0832318 100644
--- a/plugins/python/uwsgiplugin.py
+++ b/plugins/python/uwsgiplugin.py
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ LIBS = sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBS').split() + sysconfig.get_config_var('SYSL
 if not sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_ENABLE_SHARED'):
         LIBS.append('-L' + sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBPL'))
 else:
-	LDFLAGS.append("-L%s/lib" % sysconfig.PREFIX)
-	os.environ['LD_RUN_PATH'] = "%s/lib" % sysconfig.PREFIX
-	
+	try:
+		LDFLAGS.append("-L%s" % sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBDIR'))
+		os.environ['LD_RUN_PATH'] = "%s" % (sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBDIR'))
+	except:
+		LDFLAGS.append("-L%s/lib" % sysconfig.PREFIX)
+		os.environ['LD_RUN_PATH'] = "%s/lib" % sysconfig.PREFIX
+
 
 version = sys.version_info
 uver = "%d.%d" % (version[0], version[1])