diff --git a/clientApiR/fixSwig.sh b/clientApiR/fixSwig.sh
index 725e8aa..78c8e59 100755
--- a/clientApiR/fixSwig.sh
+++ b/clientApiR/fixSwig.sh
@@ -21,12 +21,24 @@ fi


 SWIG_VERSION=`swig -version | fgrep Version | awk '{print $3}'`
-SWIG_FILE="/usr/local/share/swig/${SWIG_VERSION}/r/rfragments.swg"

-echo "checking for the $SWIG_FILE file"
-LINE=`fgrep 'R_VERSION >=  R_Version(2,7,0)' $SWIG_FILE`
-FOUND_LINE=$?
+function check_swig_file()
+{
+    echo "checking for the $SWIG_FILE file"
+    LINE=`fgrep 'R_VERSION >=  R_Version(2,7,0)' $SWIG_FILE`
+    FOUND_LINE=$?
+}
+
+SWIG_FILE="/usr/share/swig/${SWIG_VERSION}/r/rfragments.swg"
+check_swig_file
+if [ ! "$FOUND_LINE" -eq "0" ]; then
+  SWIG_FILE="/usr/local/share/swig/${SWIG_VERSION}/r/rfragments.swg"
+  check_swig_file
+fi
+
 if [ ! "$FOUND_LINE" -eq "0" ]; then
+    SWIG_FILE="/usr/share/swig/${SWIG_VERSION}/r/rfragments.swg"
+
     echo "something is wrong with /usr/local/share/swig/2.0.1/r/rfragments.swg"
     echo "cannot check or fix your swig installation for recent R versions"
     exit 2