diff --git a/config/Makefile.linux b/config/Makefile.linux
index 0243e94..27dccbc 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.linux
+++ b/config/Makefile.linux
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ LD = cc
 PICFLAG = -fPIC
 M_ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m)
 ifeq (x86_64,${M_ARCH})
-LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/X11R6/lib64
+LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -L/usr/lib64
 LIBDIR = $(GLEW_DEST)/lib64
 else
-LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/X11R6/lib
+LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/lib
 LIBDIR = $(GLEW_DEST)/lib
 endif
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lXmu -lXi -lGLU -lGL -lXext -lX11