diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac

index c1bfd62..7c5ad51 100644

--- a/configure.ac

+++ b/configure.ac

@@ -5333,6 +5333,8 @@ AC_SUBST(BUILD_CPPFLAGS)

 AC_SUBST(BUILD_LDFLAGS)

 AC_SUBST(BUILD_LIBS)

+AC_SUBST(LIBDIR_SUFFIX)

+

 #

 # Commands to run at the end of config.status.

 # Don't just put these into configure, it won't work right if somebody

diff --git a/isc-config.sh.in b/isc-config.sh.in

index b5e94ed..d2857e0 100644

--- a/isc-config.sh.in

+++ b/isc-config.sh.in

@@ -13,16 +13,17 @@ prefix=@prefix@

 exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@

 exec_prefix_set=

 includedir=@includedir@

+libdir_suffix=@LIBDIR_SUFFIX@

 arch=$(uname -m)

 case $arch in

 	x86_64 | amd64 | sparc64 | s390x | ppc64)

-		libdir=/usr/lib64

-		sec_libdir=/usr/lib

+		libdir=/usr/lib64${libdir_suffix}

+		sec_libdir=/usr/lib${libdir_suffix}

 		;;

 	* )

-		libdir=/usr/lib

-		sec_libdir=/usr/lib64

+		libdir=/usr/lib${libdir_suffix}

+		sec_libdir=/usr/lib64${libdir_suffix}

 		;;

 esac