diff --git a/ext/extconf.rb b/ext/extconf.rb
index 08e067c..2ddb693 100644
--- a/ext/extconf.rb
+++ b/ext/extconf.rb
@@ -38,11 +38,14 @@ $CFLAGS.gsub!(/[\s+](-ansi|-std=[^\s]+)/, '')
 dir_config 'libsass'
 
 libsass_version = Dir.chdir(libsass_dir) do
+  ver = nil
   if File.exist?('.git')
     ver = %x[git describe --abbrev=4 --dirty --always --tags].chomp
-    File.write('VERSION', ver)
-    ver
+  elsif
+    spec = ::Gem::Specification.load(File.join(gem_root, "sassc.gemspec"))
+    ver = spec.version
   end
+  File.write('VERSION', ver)
   File.read('VERSION').chomp if File.exist?('VERSION')
 end
 
--- a/lib/sassc/native.rb	2020-06-02 16:09:54.000000000 +0300
+++ b/lib/sassc/native.rb	2021-10-28 19:52:33.065000000 +0300
@@ -7,10 +7,23 @@ module SassC
     extend FFI::Library
 
     dl_ext = RbConfig::MAKEFILE_CONFIG['DLEXT']
-    begin
-      ffi_lib File.expand_path("libsass.#{dl_ext}", __dir__)
-    rescue LoadError # Some non-rvm environments don't copy a shared object over to lib/sassc
-      ffi_lib File.expand_path("libsass.#{dl_ext}", "#{__dir__}/../../ext")
+    
+    # Some non-rvm environments don't copy a shared object over to lib/sassc
+    # Some linuxes wish to use system library
+    files =
+      [ File.expand_path("libsass.#{dl_ext}", __dir__),
+        File.expand_path("libsass.#{dl_ext}", "#{__dir__}/../../ext"),
+        Dir[File.join(RbConfig::CONFIG['libdir'], "libsass.#{dl_ext}*")] ]
+
+    lib =
+      files.flatten.find do |file|
+        File.file?(file)
+      end
+
+    if lib
+      ffi_lib(lib)
+    else
+      raise "libsass.so can'be found, plase validate your installation"
     end
 
     require_relative "native/sass_value"