diff --git a/src/org/torproject/android/service/TorServiceConstants.java b/src/org/torproject/android/service/TorServiceConstants.java
index c22b2bbc..ce16be2a 100644
--- a/src/org/torproject/android/service/TorServiceConstants.java
+++ b/src/org/torproject/android/service/TorServiceConstants.java
@@ -87,5 +87,10 @@ public interface TorServiceConstants {
     public static final String OBFSPROXY_ASSET_KEY = "libobfsproxy.so";
     
 	public static final int MESSAGE_TRAFFIC_COUNT = 5;
+	
+
+	//name of the iptables binary
+	public final static String IPTABLES_BINARY_ASSET_KEY = "libxtables.so";	
+	
 
 }
diff --git a/src/org/torproject/android/service/TorTransProxy.java b/src/org/torproject/android/service/TorTransProxy.java
index f18d1406..7760d926 100644
--- a/src/org/torproject/android/service/TorTransProxy.java
+++ b/src/org/torproject/android/service/TorTransProxy.java
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ public class TorTransProxy implements TorServiceConstants {
 		else
 		{
 			//use the bundled version
-
-			ipTablesPath = new File(context.getDir("bin", 0),"iptables").getAbsolutePath();
+	    	File appLibsHome = new File(context.getApplicationInfo().nativeLibraryDir);
+			ipTablesPath = new File(appLibsHome,IPTABLES_BINARY_ASSET_KEY).getAbsolutePath();
+			ipTablesPath += " iptables"; //append subcommand since we are using xtables now
 			
 		}