diff --git a/vcs/subversion/configure.in.in b/vcs/subversion/configure.in.in
index 9bccba66..6c132ae3 100644
--- a/vcs/subversion/configure.in.in
+++ b/vcs/subversion/configure.in.in
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ if test "x$with_subversion" != xno; then
         AC_MSG_RESULT([not found])
         SVN_SUBDIR=
     fi
-    SVN_LIBS="/usr/local/lib /usr/lib /usr/lib64"
+    SVN_MULTIARCH_LIBS="`find /usr/lib/ -maxdepth 1 -type d | xargs echo`"
+    SVN_LIBS="/usr/local/lib /usr/lib /usr/lib64 $SVN_MULTIARCH_LIBS"
     AC_ARG_WITH(svn-lib,
                 [[  --with-svn-lib=DIR  Use the given path to the subversion libraries.]],
                 [