diff --git a/plugins/pck-update.in b/plugins/pck-update.in
index 9a3c505..29c2e88 100644
--- a/plugins/pck-update.in
+++ b/plugins/pck-update.in
@@ -2336,8 +2336,14 @@ build the list of the build requirements""${NORM}"
                solibpath_catch=""
                # is a shared library
                # req="libGL.so.1(libc6)" => /usr/lib/libGL.so
-               reqpath=$($path_ldconfig -Np | \
+               reqpaths=$($path_ldconfig -Np | \
                   sed -n "s, ,,g;/${req/(*)/}/{s,.*=>,,;p}")
+               reqpath=""
+               for l in $reqpath; do
+                  [ "${reqpath}" = "" ] && reqpath=$l
+                  # Prefer solib in libdir path in case of multiple choices
+                  [ "`dirname $l`" = "${libdir}" ] && { reqpath=$l; break; }
+               done
                solibpath="${reqpath/\.so\.*/.so}"
                notify.debug "\
 req=\"$req\" ($reqpath) =?> solibpath=\"$solibpath\""