diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/python2/patches/ctypes-find-library-updated.patch b/pythonforandroid/recipes/python2/patches/ctypes-find-library-updated.patch
index b12d7a8a40..07221cc43f 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/python2/patches/ctypes-find-library-updated.patch
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/python2/patches/ctypes-find-library-updated.patch
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ index 52b3520..01b13a9 100644
 +if True:
 +    def find_library(name):
 +        # Check the user app lib dir
-+        app_root = os.path.abspath('./').split(os.path.sep)[0:4]
++        app_root = os.path.abspath('../../').split(os.path.sep)
 +        lib_search = os.path.sep.join(app_root) + os.path.sep + 'lib'
 +        for filename in os.listdir(lib_search):
 +            if filename.endswith('.so') and name in filename: