diff --git a/Modules/FindKDE3.cmake b/Modules/FindKDE3.cmake
index bca71dec2..d8ef875c9 100644
--- a/Modules/FindKDE3.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindKDE3.cmake
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ FIND_PACKAGE(Qt3 REQUIRED)
 FIND_PACKAGE(X11 REQUIRED)
 
 
-SET(QT_AND_KDECORE_LIBS ${QT_LIBRARIES} kdecore)
-
 #add some KDE specific stuff
 SET(KDE3_DEFINITIONS -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -D_GNU_SOURCE)
 
@@ -168,8 +166,18 @@ FIND_LIBRARY(KDE3_KDECORE_LIBRARY NAMES kdecore
 
 FIND_LIBRARY(KDE3_KDECORE_LIBRARY NAMES kdecore)
 
+SET(QT_AND_KDECORE_LIBS ${QT_LIBRARIES} ${KDE3_KDECORE_LIBRARY})
+
 GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(KDE3_LIB_DIR ${KDE3_KDECORE_LIBRARY} PATH )
 
+IF(NOT KDE3_LIBTOOL_DIR)
+   IF(KDE3_KDECORE_LIBRARY MATCHES lib64)
+     SET(KDE3_LIBTOOL_DIR /lib64/kde3)
+   ELSE(KDE3_KDECORE_LIBRARY MATCHES lib64)
+     SET(KDE3_LIBTOOL_DIR /lib/kde3)
+   ENDIF(KDE3_KDECORE_LIBRARY MATCHES lib64)
+ENDIF(NOT KDE3_LIBTOOL_DIR)
+
 #now search for the dcop utilities
 FIND_PROGRAM(KDE3_DCOPIDL_EXECUTABLE NAMES dcopidl PATHS
   $ENV{KDEDIR}/bin
diff --git a/Modules/KDE3Macros.cmake b/Modules/KDE3Macros.cmake
index 722e299de..86cfd5725 100644
--- a/Modules/KDE3Macros.cmake
+++ b/Modules/KDE3Macros.cmake
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ MACRO(KDE3_INSTALL_LIBTOOL_FILE _target)
    FILE(APPEND ${_laname} "# Directory that this library needs to be installed in:\n")
    FILE(APPEND ${_laname} "libdir='${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/kde3'\n")
 
-   INSTALL_FILES(/lib/kde3 FILES ${_laname})
+   INSTALL_FILES(${KDE3_LIBTOOL_DIR} FILES ${_laname})
 ENDMACRO(KDE3_INSTALL_LIBTOOL_FILE)