diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9b7bc2b..a1d090c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(mysql,
   if test "$withval" != "no"; then
         if test "$withval" = "yes"; then
                 MYSQL_INCDIR=/usr/local/include/mysql
-                MYSQL_LIBDIR=/usr/local/lib/mysql
+                MYSQL_LIBDIR=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
         else
                 if test -f $withval/include/mysql/mysql.h; then
                         MYSQL_INCDIR=$withval/include/mysql