diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8298fc818..cba938dde 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -332,14 +332,20 @@ fi
 
 if [ "${CONFIG[RDMA]}" = "y" ]; then
 	if [ "$OSTYPE" != "FreeBSD"* ]; then
-		ibv_lib_file="$(readlink -f /usr/lib64/libibverbs.so)" || true
+		ibv_lib_file="$(ldconfig -p | grep 'libibverbs.so ' || true)"
+		if [ ! -z "$ibv_lib_file" ]; then
+			ibv_lib_file="${ibv_lib_file##*=> }"
+			ibv_lib_file="$(readlink -f $ibv_lib_file)" || true
+		fi
+
 		if [ -z $ibv_lib_file ]; then
 			ibv_lib_file="libibverbs.so.0.0.0"
 		fi
+
 		ibv_ver_str="$(basename $ibv_lib_file)"
 		ibv_maj_ver=`echo $ibv_ver_str | cut -d. -f3`
 		ibv_min_ver=`echo $ibv_ver_str | cut -d. -f4`
-		if [[ "$ibv_maj_var" > 1 || ("$ibv_maj_ver" -eq 1 && "$ibv_min_ver" -ge 1) ]]; then
+		if [[ "$ibv_maj_var" -gt 1 || ("$ibv_maj_ver" -eq 1 && "$ibv_min_ver" -ge 1) ]]; then
 			CONFIG[RDMA_SEND_WITH_INVAL]="y"
 		else
 			CONFIG[RDMA_SEND_WITH_INVAL]="n"