Make sure the build system honors C_INCLUDE_PATH and LIBRARY_PATH when looking for headers and libraries. --- setup.py 2015-10-07 23:32:58.891329173 +0200 +++ setup.py 2015-10-07 23:46:29.653349924 +0200 @@ -507,11 +507,8 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext): # if a file is found in one of those directories, it can # be assumed that no additional -I,-L directives are needed. if not cross_compiling: - lib_dirs = self.compiler.library_dirs + [ - '/lib64', '/usr/lib64', - '/lib', '/usr/lib', - ] - inc_dirs = self.compiler.include_dirs + ['/usr/include'] + lib_dirs = os.getenv('LIBRARY_PATH', '').split(os.pathsep) + inc_dirs = os.getenv('C_INCLUDE_PATH', '').split(os.pathsep) else: lib_dirs = self.compiler.library_dirs[:] inc_dirs = self.compiler.include_dirs[:]