diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 56314d9d51..2c29b9f01b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 os=`uname`
 if [ "$os" == 'Linux' ]; then
-	locations=(/usr/lib /usr/lib64 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/local/lib /opt/lib)
+	locations=(/lib /lib64 /usr/lib /usr/lib64 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/local/lib /opt/lib)
 	sonames=(liblua.so.5.1.5 liblua5.1.so.5.1 liblua5.1.so.0 liblua.so.5.1 liblua-5.1.so liblua5.1.so)
 	for location in "${locations[@]}" ; do
 		for soname in ${sonames[@]} ; do
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ if [ "$os" == 'Linux' ]; then
 elif [ "$os" == 'Darwin' ]; then
 	cp thirdparty/osx/* .
 	echo "Copied Lua 5.1 and SDL2 libraries successfully."
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi