diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 45600a2..81ba29e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ script:
 
 after_success:
   - coveralls
+  
+branches:
+  except:
+    - pythonocc
diff --git a/cadquery/freecad_impl/__init__.py b/cadquery/freecad_impl/__init__.py
index ac73b1e..3e041e3 100644
--- a/cadquery/freecad_impl/__init__.py
+++ b/cadquery/freecad_impl/__init__.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def _fc_path():
                 "/usr/lib/freecad/lib",
                 "/opt/freecad/lib/",
                 "/usr/bin/freecad/lib",
+                "/usr/lib/freecad",
                 ]:
             if os.path.exists(_PATH):
                 return _PATH
@@ -94,5 +95,18 @@ def _fc_path():
             if os.path.exists(_PATH):
                 return _PATH
 
+
+
 #Make sure that the correct FreeCAD path shows up in Python's system path
-sys.path.insert(0, _fc_path())
+no_library_path = ImportError('cadquery was unable to determine freecads library path')
+try:
+    import FreeCAD
+except ImportError:
+    path = _fc_path()
+    if path:
+        sys.path.insert(0, path)
+        try:
+            import FreeCAD
+        except ImportError:
+            raise no_library_path
+    else: raise no_library_path
diff --git a/changes.md b/changes.md
index 77456e4..2445102 100644
--- a/changes.md
+++ b/changes.md
@@ -38,3 +38,5 @@ v0.1.9 (Unreleased)
    * Added CQ.sphere operation that mirrors CQ.box
    * Updated copyright dates
    * Cleaned up spelling and misc errors in docstrings
+   * Fixed FreeCAD import error on Arch Linux (thanks @moeb)
+   * Made FreeCAD import report import error instead of silently failing (thanks @moeb)