diff --git a/Findiriutils.cmake b/Findiriutils.cmake
index 70297346b3fbf41fc6746b19e81aa7bb39826500..6557c73befb2bd0f2ef5c8df5d38f0a99f08baf8 100644
--- a/Findiriutils.cmake
+++ b/Findiriutils.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FIND_PATH(iriutils_INCLUDE_DIR exceptions.h mutex.h mutexexceptions.h event.h ev
 
 FIND_LIBRARY(iriutils_LIBRARY
     NAMES iriutils
-    PATHS /usr/lib/iri/iriutils /usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib/iri/iriutils) 
+    PATHS /usr/lib /usr/lib/iri/iriutils /usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib/iri/iriutils) 
     
 SET(iriutils_INCLUDE_DIRS ${iriutils_INCLUDE_DIR})
 SET(iriutils_LIBRARIES    ${iriutils_LIBRARY})