diff --git a/packaging/tools/install_client.sh b/packaging/tools/install_client.sh
index 9044f2367214510d33e35ce6569ec204f2845f81..aa09013e538253b8740a0aaf70d04358320a6dd8 100755
--- a/packaging/tools/install_client.sh
+++ b/packaging/tools/install_client.sh
@@ -182,7 +182,13 @@ function install_jemalloc() {
             ${csudo} /usr/bin/install -c -d /usr/local/share/man/man3
             ${csudo} /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ${jemalloc_dir}/share/man/man3/jemalloc.3 /usr/local/share/man/man3
         fi
-        ${csudo} ldconfig
+
+        if [ -d /etc/ld.so.conf.d ]; then
+            ${csudo} echo "/usr/local/lib" > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/jemalloc.conf
+            ${csudo} ldconfig
+        else
+            echo "/etc/ld.so.conf.d not found!"
+        fi
     fi
 }