diff -ur sbin.orig/ldconfig/elfhints.c sbin/ldconfig/elfhints.c
--- sbin.orig/ldconfig/elfhints.c	2001-05-03 00:56:18 +0100
+++ sbin/ldconfig/elfhints.c	2007-08-06 10:16:24 +0100
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@
 		else
 			add_dir(hintsfile, argv[i], 0);
 	}
+	/* Always add our system dirs */
+	add_dir (hintsfile, "/lib", 1);
+	add_dir (hintsfile, "/usr/lib", 1);
 	write_elf_hints(hintsfile);
 }