diff --git a/Findfirewire.cmake b/Findfirewire.cmake
index e1a8caa50d83a8c95d1ec0592d4735be107be3ab..e9bc80bfb7af57d4e33dcd04fdaec58a72cde18a 100644
--- a/Findfirewire.cmake
+++ b/Findfirewire.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FIND_PATH(firewire_INCLUDE_DIR firewirecamera.h firewireserver.h firewireexcepti
 
 FIND_LIBRARY(firewire_LIBRARY
     NAMES firewire
-    PATHS /usr/lib/iri/firewire /usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib/iri/firewire)
+    PATHS /usr/lib /usr/lib/iri/firewire /usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib/iri/firewire)
     
 SET(firewire_INCLUDE_DIRS ${firewire_INCLUDE_DIR})
 SET(firewire_LIBRARIES    ${firewire_LIBRARY})