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diff --git a/glusterfs/gfapi.py b/glusterfs/gfapi.py
index 974aac5..9217f18 100755
--- a/glusterfs/gfapi.py
+++ b/glusterfs/gfapi.py
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ import errno
# Looks like ctypes is having trouble with dependencies, so just force them to
# load with RTLD_GLOBAL until I figure that out.
api = ctypes.CDLL(find_library("gfapi"), ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL, use_errno=True)
+# The above statement "may" fail with OSError on some systems if libgfapi.so
+# is located in /usr/local/lib/. This happens when glusterfs is installed from
+# source. Refer to: http://bugs.python.org/issue18502
# Wow, the Linux kernel folks really play nasty games with this structure. If
# you look at the man page for stat(2) and then at this definition you'll note