diff --git a/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py b/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py
index 2e1ae50b9..b281e94cf 100644
--- a/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py
+++ b/port/PyAssimp/pyassimp/helper.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ additional_dirs, ext_whitelist = [],[]
 if os.name=='posix':
     additional_dirs.append('./')
     additional_dirs.append('/usr/lib/')
+    additional_dirs.append('/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu')
     additional_dirs.append('/usr/local/lib/')
 
     # note - this won't catch libassimp.so.N.n, but 
diff --git a/port/PyAssimp/setup.py b/port/PyAssimp/setup.py
index 9b30aa7ba..e683f7a81 100644
--- a/port/PyAssimp/setup.py
+++ b/port/PyAssimp/setup.py
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ import os
 from distutils.core import setup
 
 setup(name='pyassimp',
-      version='0.1',
+      version='3.3',
       license='ISC',
       description='Python bindings for the Open Asset Import Library (ASSIMP)',
       url='https://github.com/assimp/assimp',
       packages=['pyassimp'],
       data_files=[('share/pyassimp', ['README.md']),
-                  ('share/examples/pyassimp', ['scripts/' + f for f in os.listdir('scripts/')])]
+                  ('share/examples/pyassimp', ['scripts/' + f for f in os.listdir('scripts/')])], requires=['numpy']
       )