diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 5469659aa..16f2de416 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ opts.Add(PathOption('PGSQL_INCLUDES', 'Search path for PostgreSQL include files'
 opts.Add(PathOption('PGSQL_LIBS', 'Search path for PostgreSQL library files', '/usr/' + LIBDIR_SCHEMA))
 opts.Add(PathOption('PROJ_INCLUDES', 'Search path for PROJ.4 include files', '/usr/local/include'))
 opts.Add(PathOption('PROJ_LIBS', 'Search path for PROJ.4 library files', '/usr/local/' + LIBDIR_SCHEMA))
-opts.Add(PathOption('GDAL_INCLUDES', 'Search path for GDAL include files', '/usr/local/include'))
-opts.Add(PathOption('GDAL_LIBS', 'Search path for GDAL library files', '/usr/local/lib' + LIBDIR_SCHEMA))
+opts.Add(PathOption('GDAL_INCLUDES', 'Search path for GDAL include files', '/usr/include/gdal'))
+opts.Add(PathOption('GDAL_LIBS', 'Search path for GDAL library files', '/usr/' + LIBDIR_SCHEMA))
 opts.Add(PathOption('GIGABASE_INCLUDES', 'Search path for Gigabase include files', '/usr/local/include'))
 opts.Add(PathOption('GIGABASE_LIBS', 'Search path for Gigabase library files', '/usr/local/' + LIBDIR_SCHEMA))
 opts.Add(PathOption('PYTHON','Python executable', sys.executable))