diff --git a/deps/build.jl b/deps/build.jl
index a16afe6aa..da4beee76 100644
--- a/deps/build.jl
+++ b/deps/build.jl
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ if haskey(ENV, "MXNET_HOME")
   MXNET_HOME = ENV["MXNET_HOME"]
   info("MXNET_HOME environment detected: $MXNET_HOME")
   info("Trying to load existing libmxnet...")
-  lib = Libdl.find_library("libmxnet.$(Libdl.dlext)",
+  # In case of macOS, if user build libmxnet from source and set the MXNET_HOME,
+  # the output is still named as `libmxnet.so`.
+  lib = Libdl.find_library(["libmxnet.$(Libdl.dlext)", "libmxnet.so"],
                            [joinpath(MXNET_HOME, "lib"), MXNET_HOME])
   if !isempty(lib)
     info("Existing libmxnet detected at $lib, skip building...")
diff --git a/src/base.jl b/src/base.jl
index a3dcbbf7f..212f24d6f 100644
--- a/src/base.jl
+++ b/src/base.jl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const grad_req_map = Dict{Symbol,GRAD_REQ}(
 ################################################################################
 # Initialization and library API entrance
 ################################################################################
-const MXNET_LIB = Libdl.find_library("libmxnet.$(Libdl.dlext)",
+const MXNET_LIB = Libdl.find_library(["libmxnet.$(Libdl.dlext)", "libmxnet.so"],  # see build.jl
                                      [joinpath(get(ENV, "MXNET_HOME", ""), "lib"),
                                       get(ENV, "MXNET_HOME", ""),
                                       Pkg.dir("MXNet", "deps", "usr", "lib")])