diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f788202ea..0156fc6ed 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ check_deps()
 check_dirs()
 find_package(Valgrind)
 find_package(MySQLClient)
+find_package(MySQLConfig)
 
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH ${CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH}:${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib:${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/modules)
 
diff --git a/FindMySQLConfig.cmake b/FindMySQLConfig.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a20e6dc47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FindMySQLConfig.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# This CMake file tries to find the the MySQL configuration tool
+# The following variables are set:
+# MYSQLCONFIG_FOUND - System has MySQL and the tool was found
+# MYSQLCONFIG_EXECUTABLE - The MySQL configuration tool executable
+find_program(MYSQLCONFIG_EXECUTABLE mysql_config)
+if(MYSQLCONFIG_EXECUTABLE MATCHES "MYSQLCONFIG_EXECUTABLE-NOTFOUND")
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find mysql_config.")
+  set(MYSQLCONFIG_FOUND FALSE CACHE INTERNAL "")
+  unset(MYSQLCONFIG_EXECUTABLE)
+else()
+  message(STATUS "mysql_config found: ${MYSQLCONFIG_EXECUTABLE}")
+  set(MYSQLCONFIG_FOUND TRUE CACHE INTERNAL "")
+endif()
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index fd6b52622..5acfaf7aa 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	$(MAKE) ROOT_PATH=$(shell pwd) HOME=""  clean
 	$(MAKE) ROOT_PATH=$(shell pwd) HOME=""  depend
 	$(MAKE) ROOT_PATH=$(shell pwd) HOME="" 
-	$(MAKE) DEST="$(shell pwd)/binaries" ROOT_PATH=$(shell pwd) HOME="" ERRMSG="/usr/share/mysql/english" EMBEDDED_LIB="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/" install
+	$(MAKE) DEST="$(shell pwd)/binaries" ROOT_PATH=$(shell pwd) HOME="" ERRMSG="/usr/share/mysql/english" EMBEDDED_LIB="$(mysql_config --variable=pkglibdir)" install
 	dh $@
 override_dh_usrlocal:
 override_dh_auto_clean: