diff --git a/src/x11_init.c b/src/x11_init.c
index 8b668589..a13f23f0 100644
--- a/src/x11_init.c
+++ b/src/x11_init.c
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ static GLFWbool initExtensions(void)
                                       &_glfw.x11.vidmode.errorBase);
     }
 
-    _glfw.x11.xi.handle = dlopen("libXi.so", RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_GLOBAL);
+    _glfw.x11.xi.handle = dlopen("libXi.so.6", RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_GLOBAL);
     if (_glfw.x11.xi.handle)
     {
         _glfw.x11.xi.QueryVersion = (PFN_XIQueryVersion)