diff --git a/libraries/libsexy/libsexy.SlackBuild b/libraries/libsexy/libsexy.SlackBuild
index 47072f82cb..2772ba9813 100644
--- a/libraries/libsexy/libsexy.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libsexy/libsexy.SlackBuild
@@ -35,8 +35,13 @@ OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
 if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
 fi
 
 set -e
@@ -58,6 +63,7 @@ CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
+  --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
   --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
   --disable-static