diff -urN caribou-0.4.17/bin/antler-keyboard.in caribou-0.4.17.new/bin/antler-keyboard.in
--- caribou-0.4.17/bin/antler-keyboard.in	2015-01-16 14:18:49.000000000 +0530
+++ caribou-0.4.17.new/bin/antler-keyboard.in	2015-02-17 14:58:25.892608190 +0530
@@ -18,6 +18,20 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 # Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+
+case $ARCH in
+x86_64 | sparc64 | s390x | ppc64)
+LIB_DIR=/usr/lib64
+SECONDARY_LIB_DIR=/usr/lib
+;;
+* )
+LIB_DIR=/usr/lib
+SECONDARY_LIB_DIR=/usr/lib64
+;;
+esac
+
+
 script_dir="$(dirname "$(readlink -f ${0})")"
 
 prefix=@prefix@
@@ -28,8 +42,8 @@
 then
   datadir="$(@PYTHON@ -c "from gi.repository import GLib; print ':'.join(GLib.get_system_data_dirs())")"
   export PYTHONPATH="${prefix}/lib/python@PYTHON_VERSION@/site-packages:${prefix}/lib64/python@PYTHON_VERSION@/site-packages${PYTHONPATH:+:$PYTHONPATH}"
-  export GI_TYPELIB_PATH="@libdir@/girepository-1.0${GI_TYPELIB_PATH:+:$GI_TYPELIB_PATH}"
-  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="@libdir@${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+  export GI_TYPELIB_PATH="$LIB_DIR/girepository-1.0${GI_TYPELIB_PATH:+:$GI_TYPELIB_PATH}"
+  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LIB_DIR${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
   export XDG_DATA_DIRS="@datadir@${datadir:+:$datadir}"
 else
   export PYTHONPATH="$(dirname $script_dir)${PYTHONPATH:+:$PYTHONPATH}"
diff -urN caribou-0.4.17/bin/caribou-preferences.in caribou-0.4.17.new/bin/caribou-preferences.in
--- caribou-0.4.17/bin/caribou-preferences.in	2013-01-11 08:01:47.000000000 +0530
+++ caribou-0.4.17.new/bin/caribou-preferences.in	2015-02-17 14:59:14.750594240 +0530
@@ -18,6 +18,19 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 # Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+
+case $ARCH in
+x86_64 | sparc64 | s390x | ppc64)
+LIB_DIR=/usr/lib64
+SECONDARY_LIB_DIR=/usr/lib
+;;
+* )
+LIB_DIR=/usr/lib
+SECONDARY_LIB_DIR=/usr/lib64
+;;
+esac
+
 script_dir="$(dirname "$(readlink -f ${0})")"
 
 prefix=@prefix@
@@ -28,8 +41,8 @@
 then
   datadir="$(@PYTHON@ -c "from gi.repository import GLib; print ':'.join(GLib.get_system_data_dirs())")"
   export PYTHONPATH="@prefix@/lib/python@PYTHON_VERSION@/site-packages${PYTHONPATH:+:$PYTHONPATH}"
-  export GI_TYPELIB_PATH="@libdir@/girepository-1.0${GI_TYPELIB_PATH:+:$GI_TYPELIB_PATH}"
-  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="@libdir@${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+  export GI_TYPELIB_PATH="$LIB_DIR/girepository-1.0${GI_TYPELIB_PATH:+:$GI_TYPELIB_PATH}"
+  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LIB_DIR${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
   export XDG_DATA_DIRS="@datadir@${datadir:+:$datadir}"
 else
   export PYTHONPATH="$(dirname $script_dir)${PYTHONPATH:+:$PYTHONPATH}"