diff --git a/libqtile/pangocffi.py b/libqtile/pangocffi.py
index 1e8f5c04..e860d43a 100644
--- a/libqtile/pangocffi.py
+++ b/libqtile/pangocffi.py
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ except ImportError:
     else:
         raise ImportError("No module named libqtile._ffi_pango, be sure to run `python ./libqtile/ffi_build.py`")
 
-gobject = ffi.dlopen('libgobject-2.0.so.0')
-pango = ffi.dlopen('libpango-1.0.so.0')
-pangocairo = ffi.dlopen('libpangocairo-1.0.so.0')
+gobject = ffi.dlopen('@glib@/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0')
+pango = ffi.dlopen('@pango@/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0')
+pangocairo = ffi.dlopen('@pango@/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0')
 
 
 def CairoContext(cairo_t):
diff --git a/libqtile/xcursors.py b/libqtile/xcursors.py
index f1133555..3e61204a 100644
--- a/libqtile/xcursors.py
+++ b/libqtile/xcursors.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class Cursors(dict):
 
     def _setup_xcursor_binding(self):
         try:
-            xcursor = ffi.dlopen('libxcb-cursor.so')
+            xcursor = ffi.dlopen('@xcb-cursor@/lib/libxcb-cursor.so')
         except OSError:
             logger.warning("xcb-cursor not found, fallback to font pointer")
             return False