diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6465cd7d4..26dbdde45 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7111,12 +7111,16 @@ else
     esac
     for v in $VERSIONS; do
         # Linux
+        linux_arch=`uname -m`
         if test -f "/usr/include/python$v/Python.h";then
             PY_VERSION=$v
 	    PYTHON_LIB="-lpython$PY_VERSION"
             if test -f "/usr/lib/python$v/site-packages/PIL/_imaging.so";then
                 PYTHON_LIB2="$PYTHON_LIB /usr/lib/python$v/site-packages/PIL/_imaging.so"
                 HAVE_PYTHON_IMAGING_LIB=1
+            elif test -f "/usr/lib/python$v/dist-packages/PIL/_imaging.$linux_arch-linux-gnu.so";then
+                PYTHON_LIB2="$PYTHON_LIB /usr/lib/python$v/dist-packages/PIL/_imaging.$linux_arch-linux-gnu.so"
+                HAVE_PYTHON_IMAGING_LIB=1
             else
                 PYTHON_LIB2="$PYTHON_LIB"
             fi