--- ./Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py_orig	2018-12-24 07:44:46 -0600
+++ ./Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py	2018-12-24 07:46:43 -0600
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import os
 import re
 import sys
+import platform
 
 from .errors import DistutilsPlatformError
 
@@ -129,8 +130,12 @@
             prefix = plat_specific and EXEC_PREFIX or PREFIX
 
     if os.name == "posix":
+        if platform.architecture()[0][:2] == '64':
+            lib = "lib64"
+        else:
+            lib = "lib"
         libpython = os.path.join(prefix,
-                                 "lib", "python" + get_python_version())
+                                 lib, "python" + get_python_version())
         if standard_lib:
             return libpython
         else: