diff --git a/extra/yaml/ffi/ffi.factor b/extra/yaml/ffi/ffi.factor
index 4b96ad752d..68e1530d5a 100644
--- a/extra/yaml/ffi/ffi.factor
+++ b/extra/yaml/ffi/ffi.factor
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ alien.libraries.finder ;
 IN: yaml.ffi
 
 <<
-"libyaml" { "yaml" "yaml-0" } find-library-from-list cdecl add-library
+"libyaml" { "yaml" "yaml-0" "libyaml-0-2" } find-library-from-list cdecl add-library
 >>
 
 C-TYPE: FILE