diff --git a/src/render/vk/backend.cpp b/src/render/vk/backend.cpp
index 1b22af46..35c60f11 100644
--- a/src/render/vk/backend.cpp
+++ b/src/render/vk/backend.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ LoaderLib * LoaderLib::load()
 
 #if defined(MADRONA_LINUX)
     lib = dlopen("libvulkan.so", RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_LOCAL);
+    if (!lib)
+    {
+        lib = dlopen("libvulkan.so.1", RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_LOCAL);
+    }
 #elif defined(MADRONA_MACOS)
     lib = dlopen("libvulkan.1.dylib", RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_LOCAL);
     if (!lib) {