diff --git a/federation/sssd/src/main/java/cx/ath/matthew/LibraryLoader.java b/federation/sssd/src/main/java/cx/ath/matthew/LibraryLoader.java
index 4088d46ebb..7279a36682 100644
--- a/federation/sssd/src/main/java/cx/ath/matthew/LibraryLoader.java
+++ b/federation/sssd/src/main/java/cx/ath/matthew/LibraryLoader.java
@@ -21,7 +21,14 @@ package cx.ath.matthew;
  */
 public class LibraryLoader {
 
-    private static final String[] PATHS = {"/usr/lib/", "/usr/lib64/", "/usr/local/lib/", "/opt/local/lib/"};
+    private static final String[] PATHS = {
+            "/opt/rh/rh-sso7/root/lib/",
+            "/opt/rh/rh-sso7/root/lib64/",
+            "/usr/lib/",
+            "/usr/lib64/",
+            "/usr/local/lib/",
+            "/opt/local/lib/"
+    };
     private static final String LIBRARY_NAME = "libunix_dbus_java";
     private static final String VERSION = "0.0.8";
     private static boolean loadSucceeded;
diff --git a/federation/sssd/src/main/java/cx/ath/matthew/unix/UnixSocket.java b/federation/sssd/src/main/java/cx/ath/matthew/unix/UnixSocket.java
index 8851637436..1c59dd7fd3 100644
--- a/federation/sssd/src/main/java/cx/ath/matthew/unix/UnixSocket.java
+++ b/federation/sssd/src/main/java/cx/ath/matthew/unix/UnixSocket.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
  */
 package cx.ath.matthew.unix;
 
-import cx.ath.matthew.LibraryLoader;
 import cx.ath.matthew.debug.Debug;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -37,9 +36,6 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
  * Represents a UnixSocket.
  */
 public class UnixSocket {
-    static {
-        LibraryLoader.load();
-    }
 
     private native void native_set_pass_cred(int sock, boolean passcred) throws IOException;
 
diff --git a/federation/sssd/src/main/java/org/freedesktop/sssd/infopipe/InfoPipe.java b/federation/sssd/src/main/java/org/freedesktop/sssd/infopipe/InfoPipe.java
index 6152d26a25..9ef979cdd7 100644
--- a/federation/sssd/src/main/java/org/freedesktop/sssd/infopipe/InfoPipe.java
+++ b/federation/sssd/src/main/java/org/freedesktop/sssd/infopipe/InfoPipe.java
@@ -34,11 +34,13 @@ public interface InfoPipe extends DBusInterface {
     String OBJECTPATH = "/org/freedesktop/sssd/infopipe";
     String BUSNAME = "org.freedesktop.sssd.infopipe";
 
-
     @DBusMemberName("GetUserAttr")
     Map<String, Variant> getUserAttributes(String user, List<String> attr);
 
     @DBusMemberName("GetUserGroups")
     List<String> getUserGroups(String user);
 
+    @DBusMemberName("Ping")
+    String ping(String ping);
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/federation/sssd/src/main/java/org/keycloak/federation/sssd/api/Sssd.java b/federation/sssd/src/main/java/org/keycloak/federation/sssd/api/Sssd.java
index 9551579cf6..308d596122 100644
--- a/federation/sssd/src/main/java/org/keycloak/federation/sssd/api/Sssd.java
+++ b/federation/sssd/src/main/java/org/keycloak/federation/sssd/api/Sssd.java
@@ -17,15 +17,13 @@
 
 package org.keycloak.federation.sssd.api;
 
+import cx.ath.matthew.LibraryLoader;
 import org.freedesktop.dbus.DBusConnection;
 import org.freedesktop.dbus.Variant;
 import org.freedesktop.dbus.exceptions.DBusException;
 import org.freedesktop.sssd.infopipe.InfoPipe;
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 
-import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -52,7 +50,8 @@ public class Sssd {
     public Sssd(String username) {
         this.username = username;
         try {
-            dBusConnection = DBusConnection.getConnection(DBusConnection.SYSTEM);
+            if (LibraryLoader.load().succeed())
+                dBusConnection = DBusConnection.getConnection(DBusConnection.SYSTEM);
         } catch (DBusException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
@@ -96,14 +95,20 @@ public class Sssd {
     public static boolean isAvailable() {
         boolean sssdAvailable = false;
         try {
-            Path path = Paths.get("/etc/sssd");
-            if (!Files.exists(path)) {
-                logger.debugv("SSSD is not available in your system. Federation provider will be disabled.");
+            if (LibraryLoader.load().succeed()) {
+                DBusConnection connection = DBusConnection.getConnection(DBusConnection.SYSTEM);
+                InfoPipe infoPipe = connection.getRemoteObject(InfoPipe.BUSNAME, InfoPipe.OBJECTPATH, InfoPipe.class);
+
+                if (infoPipe.ping("PING") == null || infoPipe.ping("PING").isEmpty()) {
+                    logger.debugv("SSSD is not available in your system. Federation provider will be disabled.");
+                } else {
+                    sssdAvailable = true;
+                }
             } else {
-                sssdAvailable = true;
+                logger.debugv("The RPM libunix-dbus-java is not installed. SSSD Federation provider will be disabled.");
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            logger.error("SSSD check failed", e);
+            logger.debugv("SSSD is not available in your system. Federation provider will be disabled.", e);
         }
         return sssdAvailable;
     }