diff --git a/Bindings/Java/NativeComponent.java b/Bindings/Java/NativeComponent.java

index 2e6304a..cf6c9b0 100644

--- a/Bindings/Java/NativeComponent.java

+++ b/Bindings/Java/NativeComponent.java

@@ -23,7 +23,15 @@ public class NativeComponent extends Component {

   private native static void initializeNativeData ();

   static {

-    System.loadLibrary("brlapi_java");

+    try {

+         System.load( "/usr/lib64/brltty/libbrlapi_java.so" );

+    } catch( UnsatisfiedLinkError e ) {

+         try {

+             System.load( "/usr/lib/brltty/libbrlapi_java.so" );

+         } catch( UnsatisfiedLinkError f ) {

+             throw new UnsatisfiedLinkError("brlapi_java library load failed");

+         }

+    }

     initializeNativeData();

   }