diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 01c66fe..1e6d515 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4772,9 +4772,9 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT($LDVERSION)
 dnl define LIBPL after ABIFLAGS and LDVERSION is defined.
 AC_SUBST(PY_ENABLE_SHARED)
 if test x$PLATFORM_TRIPLET = x; then
-  LIBPL='$(prefix)'"/lib/python${VERSION}/config-${LDVERSION}"
+  LIBPL='$(prefix)'"/lib64/python${VERSION}/config-${LDVERSION}"
 else
-  LIBPL='$(prefix)'"/lib/python${VERSION}/config-${LDVERSION}-${PLATFORM_TRIPLET}"
+  LIBPL='$(prefix)'"/lib64/python${VERSION}/config-${LDVERSION}-${PLATFORM_TRIPLET}"
 fi
 AC_SUBST(LIBPL)