diff -r a092030f1f9e Lib/ctypes/util.py
--- a/Lib/ctypes/util.py	Sat Jan 16 12:41:03 2016 -0800
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/util.py	Wed Feb 03 11:35:43 2016 +0100
@@ -211,18 +211,10 @@
                 machine = os.uname().machine + '-32'
             else:
                 machine = os.uname().machine + '-64'
-            mach_map = {
-                'x86_64-64': 'libc6,x86-64',
-                'ppc64-64': 'libc6,64bit',
-                'sparc64-64': 'libc6,64bit',
-                's390x-64': 'libc6,64bit',
-                'ia64-64': 'libc6,IA-64',
-                }
-            abi_type = mach_map.get(machine, 'libc6')
 
             # XXX assuming GLIBC's ldconfig (with option -p)
             regex = os.fsencode(
-                '\s+(lib%s\.[^\s]+)\s+\(%s' % (re.escape(name), abi_type))
+                '([^\s]+lib%s\.[^\s]+)' % (re.escape(name)))
             try:
                 with subprocess.Popen(['/sbin/ldconfig', '-p'],
                                       stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,