diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wxGTK-2.8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wxGTK-2.8/default.nix
index 11d7a1e29f35..3afb4a826096 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wxGTK-2.8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wxGTK-2.8/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   SEARCH_INCLUDE =
     "${libXinerama}/include ${libSM}/include ${libXxf86vm}/include";
 
-  SEARCH_LIB = "${mesa}/lib";
+  SEARCH_LIB = if (stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux") then
+    "${mesa}/lib64"
+    else 
+    "${mesa}/lib";
 
   # Work around a bug in configure.
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DHAVE_X11_XLIB_H=1";