diff --git a/gribapi/bindings.py b/gribapi/bindings.py
index ac0624e..6f77620 100644
--- a/gribapi/bindings.py
+++ b/gribapi/bindings.py
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@
 
     LIBNAMES = ["eccodes", "libeccodes.so", "libeccodes"]
 
+    try:
+        import ecmwflibs
+
+        LIBNAMES.insert(0, ecmwflibs.find("eccodes"))
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
     if os.environ.get("ECCODES_DIR"):
         LIBNAMES.insert(0, os.path.join(os.environ["ECCODES_DIR"], "lib/libeccodes.so"))