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"