diff -up ./port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py.pythonpath ./port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py
--- ./port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py.pythonpath	2012-10-24 22:04:36.698871141 -0400
+++ ./port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py	2012-10-24 22:05:44.265445828 -0400
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ additional_dirs, ext_whitelist = [],[]
 # populate search directories and lists of allowed file extensions
 # depending on the platform we're running on.
 if os.name=='posix':
-    additional_dirs.append('/usr/local/lib/')
-
+    additional_dirs.append('/usr/lib64/')
+    additional_dirs.append('/usr/lib/')
     # note - this won't catch libassimp.so.N.n, but 
     # currently there's always a symlink called
     # libassimp.so in /usr/local/lib.
+    ext_whitelist.append('.0')
     ext_whitelist.append('.so')
 
 elif os.name=='nt':