diff -up cockpit-320/src/cockpit/packages.py.org cockpit-320/src/cockpit/packages.py
--- cockpit-320/src/cockpit/packages.py.org	2024-07-14 21:06:50.378400822 +0200
+++ cockpit-320/src/cockpit/packages.py	2024-07-14 21:07:40.568245119 +0200
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def get_libexecdir() -> str:
 
     This only works for systems which have cockpit-ws installed.
     """
-    for candidate in ['/usr/local/libexec', '/usr/libexec', '/usr/local/lib/cockpit', '/usr/lib/cockpit']:
+    for candidate in ['/usr/local/libexec', '/usr/libexec', '/usr/local/lib/cockpit', '/usr/lib/cockpit', '/usr/lib']:
         if os.path.exists(os.path.join(candidate, 'cockpit-askpass')):
             return candidate
     else: