diff --git a/curl_cffi/build.py b/curl_cffi/build.py
index ed760c41..f3d9b31f 100644
--- a/curl_cffi/build.py
+++ b/curl_cffi/build.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 elif uname.system == "Darwin":
     libdir = "/Users/runner/work/_temp/install/lib"
 else:
-    libdir = "/usr/local/lib"
+    libdir = os.path.expanduser("~/.local/lib")
 
 
 ffibuilder.set_source(
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 32cc6fd3..5d693f32 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def download_so():
         so_name = "libcurl-impersonate-chrome.4.dylib"
     else:
         sysname = "linux-gnu"
-        libdir = "/usr/local/lib"
+        libdir = os.path.expanduser("~/.local/lib")
         so_name = "libcurl-impersonate-chrome.so"
 
     if (Path(libdir) / so_name).exists():