diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 51d5075..13ebfde 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+mintmenu (5.1.9) katya; urgency=low
+  
+  * Compatible with Ubuntu 11.04 (which changed its libc.so.6 path)
+  
+ -- Clement Lefebvre <root@linuxmint.com>  Tue,  12 Apr 2011 17:43:00 +0000
+
 mintmenu (5.1.8) katya; urgency=low
   
   * Fixed indentation issue in recent documents plugin
diff --git a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/mintMenu.py b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/mintMenu.py
index 4e2fad4..3e81f7d 100755
--- a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/mintMenu.py
+++ b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/mintMenu.py
@@ -37,8 +37,12 @@ if (architecture.find("x86_64") >= 0):
     libc.prctl(15, 'mintmenu', 0, 0, 0)
 else:
     import dl
-    libc = dl.open('/lib/libc.so.6')
-    libc.call('prctl', 15, 'mintmenu', 0, 0, 0)
+    if os.path.exists('/lib/libc.so.6'):
+        libc = dl.open('/lib/libc.so.6')
+        libc.call('prctl', 15, 'mintmenu', 0, 0, 0)
+    elif os.path.exists('/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6'):
+        libc = dl.open('/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6')
+        libc.call('prctl', 15, 'mintmenu', 0, 0, 0)
 
 # i18n
 gettext.install("mintmenu", "/usr/share/linuxmint/locale")