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--- a/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
@@ -206,16 +206,27 @@
 
         def _findSoname_ldconfig(name):
             import struct
+            # XXX this code assumes that we know all unames and that a single
+            # ABI is supported per uname; instead we should find what the
+            # ABI is (e.g. check ABI of current process) or simply ask libc
+            # to load the library for us
+            uname = os.uname()[4]
+            # ARM has a variety of unames, e.g. armv7l
+            if uname.startswith("arm"):
+                uname = "arm"
             if struct.calcsize('l') == 4:
-                machine = os.uname()[4] + '-32'
+                machine = uname + '-32'
             else:
-                machine = os.uname()[4] + '-64'
+                machine = uname + '-64'
             mach_map = {
                 'x86_64-64': 'libc6,x86-64',
                 'ppc64-64': 'libc6,64bit',
                 'sparc64-64': 'libc6,64bit',
                 's390x-64': 'libc6,64bit',
                 'ia64-64': 'libc6,IA-64',
+                # this actually breaks on biarch or multiarch as the first
+                # library wins; uname doesn't tell us which ABI we're using
+                'arm-32': 'libc6(,hard-float)?',
                 }
             abi_type = mach_map.get(machine, 'libc6')