diff --git a/src/libcore/fresolver.cpp b/src/libcore/fresolver.cpp
index 330f2a03..1eae0f79 100644
--- a/src/libcore/fresolver.cpp
+++ b/src/libcore/fresolver.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ FileResolver::FileResolver() {
 	dladdr((const void *) &dummySymbol, &info);
 	if (info.dli_fname) {
 		/* Try to detect a few default setups */
-		if (boost::starts_with(info.dli_fname, "/usr/lib")) {
+		if (boost::starts_with(info.dli_fname, "/usr/lib") ||
+			boost::starts_with(info.dli_name, "/lib")) {
 			basePath = fs::path("/usr/share/mitsuba");
 		} else if (boost::starts_with(info.dli_fname, "/usr/local/lib")) {
 			basePath = fs::path("/usr/local/share/mitsuba");