diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 61350e20b..4c0324ef3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ public:
     QStringList libDirs;
     if (!s.isEmpty())
       libDirs << s;
-    libDirs << "/usr/lib/" << "/usr/lib64/" << "/usr/local/lib/" << "/usr/local/lib64/";
+    libDirs << "/usr/lib/" << "/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/" << "/usr/lib64/" << "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/" << "/usr/local/lib/" << "/usr/lib/local/i386-linux-gnu/" << "/usr/local/lib64/" << "/usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/";
 
     foreach(const QString& lib, required_libs) {
       bool found = false;
diff --git a/qcm/libboost.qcm b/qcm/libboost.qcm
index 4f4f642de..2afd1066c 100644
--- a/qcm/libboost.qcm
+++ b/qcm/libboost.qcm
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public:
     QStringList libDirs;
     if (!s.isEmpty())
       libDirs << s;
-    libDirs << "/usr/lib/" << "/usr/lib64/" << "/usr/local/lib/" << "/usr/local/lib64/";
+    libDirs << "/usr/lib/" << "/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/" << "/usr/lib64/" << "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/" << "/usr/local/lib/" << "/usr/lib/local/i386-linux-gnu/" << "/usr/local/lib64/" << "/usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/";
 
     foreach(const QString& lib, required_libs) {
       bool found = false;