diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 3e9f136..bdeff53 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 %:
 	dh $@
+
+override_dh_auto_configure:
+	dh_auto_configure -- --libdir=/usr/lib/
 
 override_dh_auto_build-indep:
 	dh_auto_build -i