diff --git a/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py b/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py
index 5c1aca827..7a4b2bdcb 100644
--- a/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py
+++ b/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ if os.name=='posix':
     additional_dirs.append('./')
     additional_dirs.append('/usr/lib/')
     additional_dirs.append('/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/')
+    additional_dirs.append('/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/')
     additional_dirs.append('/usr/local/lib/')
 
     if 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' in os.environ: