diff --git a/generator/generator.go b/generator/generator.go
index 8f0a72f..68e9224 100644
--- a/generator/generator.go
+++ b/generator/generator.go
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ func appendCompatibilitySymlinks(img *Image) error {
 		{"/usr/local/bin", "../bin"},
 		{"/usr/local/sbin", "../bin"},
 		{"/var/run", "../run"},
-		{"/usr/lib64", "lib"},
-		{"/lib64", "usr/lib"},
+		{"/lib64", "usr/lib64"},
 	}
 
 	for _, l := range symlinks {
diff --git a/generator/image.go b/generator/image.go
index d1f2cc0..868fba7 100644
--- a/generator/image.go
+++ b/generator/image.go
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ func elfSectionContent(s *elf.Section) (string, error) {
 	return string(b[:bytes.IndexByte(b, '\x00')]), nil
 }
 
-var elfLibDir = []string{"/usr/lib", "/lib", "/usr/lib64"}
+var elfLibDir = []string{"/usr/lib64", "/usr/lib", "/lib"}
 
 // for a given library (e.g. libc.so.6) finds absolute path to the library file
 func elfPath(lib string) string {