diff --git a/ldap/servers/slapd/ldaputil.c b/ldap/servers/slapd/ldaputil.c
index 1c67e51..253a1b6 100644
--- a/ldap/servers/slapd/ldaputil.c
+++ b/ldap/servers/slapd/ldaputil.c
@@ -684,13 +682,21 @@ slapi_ldap_init_ext(
     char *pp = NULL;
 
     if (NULL == pluginpath || (*pluginpath == '\0')) {
 	     slapi_log_error(SLAPI_LOG_SHELL, "slapi_ldap_init_ext",
 			"configpluginpath == NULL\n");
         if (!(pluginpath = getenv("SASL_PATH"))) {
 #if defined(LINUX) && defined(__LP64__)
             pluginpath = "/usr/lib64/sasl2";
+            if (PR_SUCCESS != PR_Access(pluginpath, PR_ACCESS_EXISTS)) {
+                /* Since the path does not exist, try gnu triplet. */
+                pluginpath = "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu";
+            }
 #else
             pluginpath = "/usr/lib/sasl2";
+            if (PR_SUCCESS != PR_Access(pluginpath, PR_ACCESS_EXISTS)) {
+                /* Since the path does not exist, try gnu triplet. */
+                pluginpath = "/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu";
+            }
 #endif
         }
     }
diff --git a/ldap/servers/slapd/saslbind.c b/ldap/servers/slapd/saslbind.c
index 78031dc..1aa73ea 100644
--- a/ldap/servers/slapd/saslbind.c
+++ b/ldap/servers/slapd/saslbind.c
@@ -545,8 +545,16 @@ static int ids_sasl_getpluginpath(sasl_conn_t *conn, const char **path)
         if (!(pluginpath = getenv("SASL_PATH"))) {
 #if defined(LINUX) && defined(__LP64__)
             pluginpath = "/usr/lib64/sasl2";
+            if (PR_SUCCESS != PR_Access(pluginpath, PR_ACCESS_EXISTS)) {
+                /* Since the path does not exist, try gnu triplet. */
+                pluginpath = "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu";
+            }
 #else
             pluginpath = "/usr/lib/sasl2";
+            if (PR_SUCCESS != PR_Access(pluginpath, PR_ACCESS_EXISTS)) {
+                /* Since the path does not exist, try gnu triplet. */
+                pluginpath = "/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu";
+            }
 #endif
         }
     }