@@ -347,17 +347,11 @@ static string LocateSo(FileInfo interpreterPath) {
             string[] paths = stdout
                 .Split(new[] {Environment.NewLine}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
                 .ToArray();
-            if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux))
-                if (paths.Length == 1) {
-                    string so = Path.ChangeExtension(paths[0], DynamicLibraryExtension);
-                    return File.Exists(so) ? so : paths[0];
-                }
-            if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.OSX)) {
-                return paths.Select(libPath => Path.ChangeExtension(libPath, ".dylib"))
-                    .FirstOrDefault(File.Exists);
-            }
 
-            return null;
+            return paths.Select(libPath => Path.ChangeExtension(libPath, DynamicLibraryExtension))
+                .Concat(paths)
+                .Where(libPath => Path.GetExtension(libPath) != ".a")
+                .FirstOrDefault(File.Exists);
         }
 
         static DirectoryInfo? TryGuessUnixHome(FileInfo interpreterPath, Version version, string dllPath) {