diff --git a/moor_ffi/lib/src/load_library.dart b/moor_ffi/lib/src/load_library.dart
index 433526fc..1da02aaa 100644
--- a/moor_ffi/lib/src/load_library.dart
+++ b/moor_ffi/lib/src/load_library.dart
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ DynamicLibrary _defaultOpen() {
   if (Platform.isMacOS || Platform.isIOS) {
     // todo when we use a dev version of Dart 2.6, we can (and should!!) use DynamicLibrary.executable() here
 //     return DynamicLibrary.executable();
-    return DynamicLibrary.open('libsqlite3.dylib');
+    return DynamicLibrary.open('/usr/lib/libsqlite3.dylib');
   }
   if (Platform.isWindows) {
     return DynamicLibrary.open('sqlite3.dll');