diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index a7109665..cf9dbde4 100755
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   'targets': [{
     'target_name': 'sharp',
     'sources': ['src/sharp.cc'],
-    'libraries': ['<!@(PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/lib/pkgconfig" pkg-config --libs glib-2.0 vips)'],
+    'libraries': [
+      '<!@(PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig" pkg-config --libs vips)',
+      '<!@(PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/lib/pkgconfig" pkg-config --libs vips)'
+    ],
     'include_dirs': [
       '/usr/include/glib-2.0',
       '/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include',