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