--- pymunk/libload.py.orig	2010-02-07 22:58:20.000000000 +0300
+++ pymunk/libload.py	2010-03-09 19:14:24.000000000 +0300
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import platform
 import sys, imp, os
 import ctypes
+import ctypes.util
  
 def platform_specific_functions():
     # use stddecl on windows, cdecl on all other platforms
@@ -60,6 +61,11 @@
         libfn = "lib%s.so" % libname
         
     libfn = os.path.join(path, libfn)
+
+    if not os.path.exists(libfn):
+        _libfn = ctypes.util.find_library(libname)
+    if _libfn:
+        libfn = _libfn
     
     
     if print_path: