diff -up ./port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py.pythonpath ./port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py
--- ./port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py.pythonpath	2021-02-27 18:03:01.858146645 -0500
+++ ./port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py	2021-02-27 18:04:18.595341644 -0500
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ additional_dirs, ext_whitelist = [],[]
 # depending on the platform we're running on.
 if os.name=='posix':
     additional_dirs.append('./')
+    additional_dirs.append('/usr/lib64/')
     additional_dirs.append('/usr/lib/')
     additional_dirs.append('/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/')
     additional_dirs.append('/usr/local/lib/')
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ if os.name=='posix':
     # currently there's always a symlink called
     # libassimp.so in /usr/local/lib.
     ext_whitelist.append('.so')
+    ext_whitelist.append('.3')
     # libassimp.dylib in /usr/local/lib
     ext_whitelist.append('.dylib')