diff --git a/server/native/src/main/resources/Makefile b/server/native/src/main/resources/Makefile
index 5434356..3911f57 100644
--- a/server/native/src/main/resources/Makefile
+++ b/server/native/src/main/resources/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ifeq ($(shell uname),Linux)
 		JAVA_HOME=$(shell dirname "$$(dirname "$$(readlink -e "$$(which javah)")")")
 	endif
 	NATIVE_LIB := libaccumulo.so
-	CXXFLAGS=-g -fPIC -shared -O3 -Wall -I'$(JAVA_HOME)'/include -I'$(JAVA_HOME)'/include/linux -Ijavah $(USERFLAGS)
+	CXXFLAGS=$(RPM_OPT_FLAGS) $(RPM_LD_FLAGS) -fPIC -shared -I'$(JAVA_HOME)'/include -I'$(JAVA_HOME)'/include/linux -Ijavah $(USERFLAGS)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(shell uname),Darwin)
diff --git a/server/tserver/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/tserver/NativeMap.java b/server/tserver/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/tserver/NativeMap.java
index 536d0a2..5ed16bb 100644
--- a/server/tserver/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/tserver/NativeMap.java
+++ b/server/tserver/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/tserver/NativeMap.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class NativeMap implements Iterable<Map.Entry<Key,Value>> {
   static {
     // Check standard directories
     List<File> directories = new ArrayList<>(
-        Arrays.asList(new File[] {new File("/usr/lib64"), new File("/usr/lib")}));
+        Arrays.asList(new File[] {new File("/usr/lib64/accumulo"), new File("/usr/lib/accumulo")}));
     // Check in ACCUMULO_HOME location, too
     String envAccumuloHome = System.getenv("ACCUMULO_HOME");
     if (envAccumuloHome != null) {