diff --git a/ldns-1.7.1/configure b/ldns-1.7.1/configure
index b79067e..543806e 100755
--- a/ldns-1.7.1/configure
+++ b/ldns-1.7.1/configure
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ PYTHON_SITE_PKG
 PYTHON_LDFLAGS
 PYTHON_CPPFLAGS
 PYTHON
+PYTHON_LIB
 PYTHON_VERSION
 UNINSTALL_CONFIG_MANPAGE
 UNINSTALL_CONFIG
@@ -14324,6 +14325,7 @@ EOD`
 			# use the official shared library
 			ac_python_library=`echo "$ac_python_library" | sed "s/^lib//"`
 			PYTHON_LDFLAGS="-L$ac_python_libdir -l$ac_python_library"
+			PYTHON_LIB="$ac_python_library"
 		else
 			# old way: use libpython from python_configdir
 			ac_python_libdir=`$PYTHON -c \
@@ -14331,6 +14333,7 @@ EOD`
 			  import os; \
 			  print (os.path.join(f(plat_specific=1, standard_lib=1), 'config'));"`
 			PYTHON_LDFLAGS="-L$ac_python_libdir -lpython$ac_python_version"
+			PYTHON_LIB="python$ac_python_version"
 		fi
 
 		if test -z "PYTHON_LDFLAGS"; then
diff --git a/ldns-1.7.1/packaging/ldns-config.in b/ldns-1.7.1/packaging/ldns-config.in
index f147920..5235c7a 100755
--- a/ldns-1.7.1/packaging/ldns-config.in
+++ b/ldns-1.7.1/packaging/ldns-config.in
@@ -1,11 +1,26 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 VERSION="@PACKAGE_VERSION@"
-LDFLAGS="@LDFLAGS@ @LIBSSL_LDFLAGS@ @PYTHON_LDFLAGS@"
 LIBS="@LIBS@ @LIBSSL_LIBS@"
 LIBDIR="@libdir@"
 INCLUDEDIR="@includedir@"
 LIBVERSION="@VERSION_INFO@"
+ARCH="`uname -m`"
+
+case $ARCH in
+       x86_64 | amd64 | sparc64 | s390x | ppc64)
+
+               LIBDIR="/usr/lib64"
+               LIBDIR_SEC="/usr/lib"
+               ;;
+       * )
+               LIBDIR="/usr/lib"
+               LIBDIR_SEC="/usr/lib64"
+               ;;
+esac
+
+LDFLAGS="@LDFLAGS@ @LIBSSL_LDFLAGS@ -L$LIBDIR -l@PYTHON_LIB@"
+LDFLAGS_SEC="@LDFLAGS@ @LIBSSL_LDFLAGS@ -L$LIBDIR_SEC -l@PYTHON_LIB@"
 
 for arg in $@
 do
@@ -17,9 +32,13 @@ do
     then
         echo "${LDFLAGS} -L${LIBDIR} ${LIBS} -lldns"
     fi
+    if [ $arg = "--libs_sec" ]
+    then
+        echo "${LDFLAGS_SEC} -L${LIBDIR_SEC} ${LIBS} -lldns"
+    fi
     if [ $arg = "-h" ] || [ $arg = "--help" ]
     then
-        echo "Usage: $0 [--cflags] [--libs] [--version]"
+        echo "Usage: $0 [--cflags] [--libs] [--libs_sec] [--version]"
     fi
     if [ $arg = "--version" ]
     then