Index: src/app/qgisapp.cpp
===================================================================
--- src/app/qgisapp.cpp	(revision 13910)
+++ src/app/qgisapp.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -4931,8 +4931,10 @@
 void QgisApp::loadPythonSupport()
 {
   QString pythonlibName( "qgispython" );
-#if defined(Q_WS_MAC) || defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
+#if defined(Q_WS_MAC)
   pythonlibName.prepend( QgsApplication::prefixPath() + "/lib/" );
+#elif defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
+  pythonlibName.prepend( QGIS_LIB_SUBDIR );
 #endif
 #ifdef __MINGW32__
   pythonlibName.prepend( "lib" );
Index: cmake_templates/qgsconfig.h.in
===================================================================
--- cmake_templates/qgsconfig.h.in	(revision 13910)
+++ cmake_templates/qgsconfig.h.in	(working copy)
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #define QGIS_PLUGIN_SUBDIR "${QGIS_PLUGIN_SUBDIR}"
 #define QGIS_DATA_SUBDIR "${QGIS_DATA_SUBDIR}"
 #define QGIS_LIBEXEC_SUBDIR "${QGIS_LIBEXEC_SUBDIR}"
+#define QGIS_LIB_SUBDIR "${QGIS_LIB_SUBDIR}"
 
 #cmakedefine HAVE_POSTGRESQL