diff --git a/build_library/check_deps b/build_library/check_deps
index 82519c6eef..54e25b2483 100755
--- a/build_library/check_deps
+++ b/build_library/check_deps
@@ -65,15 +65,33 @@ class CheckDependencies(object):
     self._libcache = set()
     self._verbose = verbose
 
+    libdirs = []
+
+    # Add the native paths. Get the ELF interpreter from a known file
+    # and assume that the path it is in is our native libdir. So here
+    # we would get something like "/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2".
+    elf = "/bin/sh"
+    f = os.popen("scanelf -qF'%%i#p' %s/%s" % (root, elf))
+    native_libdir = os.path.dirname(f.readline().rstrip())
+    f.close()
+    if len(native_libdir) == 0:
+      print >>sys.stderr, "Problem with %s: can't find ELF interp" % elf
+      sys.exit(1)
+    elif native_libdir != "/lib":
+      libdirs.extend([
+        "%s/%s" % (root, native_libdir),
+        "%s/usr%s" % (root, native_libdir)
+      ])
+
     # Insert some default directories into our library cache.
-    libdirs = [
+    libdirs.extend([
       "%s/lib" % root,
       "%s/usr/lib" % root,
       "%s/opt/google/o3d/lib" % root,
       "%s/usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib" % root,
       "%s/usr/local/lib/icedtea6/jre/lib/i386/client" % root,
       "%s/usr/local/lib/icedtea6/jre/lib/i386/headless" % root
-    ]
+    ])
 
     # Read more directories from ld.so.conf.
     libdirs.extend(self._ReadLdSoConf("/etc/ld.so.conf"))