diff --git a/libxml-cxx.spec.in b/libxml-cxx.spec.in
index e130930..5e80f2a 100644
--- a/libxml-cxx.spec.in
+++ b/libxml-cxx.spec.in
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ This package contains only the shared libraries required at runtime.
 %setup -q
 ./configure --prefix=/usr \
             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/packages/@PACKAGENAME@ \
-            --libdir=/usr/lib
+            --libdir=/usr/%_lib
 
 %build
 make
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
-/usr/lib/@PACKAGENAME@.so.*
+/usr/%_lib/@PACKAGENAME@.so.*
 %doc
 /usr/share/doc/packages/@PACKAGENAME@/AUTHORS
 /usr/share/doc/packages/@PACKAGENAME@/COPYING
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ This Package contains all files required for developement.
 
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
-/usr/lib/@PACKAGENAME@.so
-/usr/lib/@PACKAGENAME@.a
-/usr/lib/pkgconfig
-/usr/lib/@PACKAGENAME@.la
+/usr/%_lib/@PACKAGENAME@.so
+/usr/%_lib/@PACKAGENAME@.a
+/usr/%_lib/pkgconfig
+/usr/%_lib/@PACKAGENAME@.la
 /usr/include/
 /usr/share/pkgconfig
 %doc