--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -1608,6 +1604,8 @@
     bld.env['LOCALEDIR'] = os.path.join(bld.env['DATADIR'], 'locale')
     bld.env['lwrcase_dirname'] = lwrcase_dirname
 
+    bld.env.append_value('LINKFLAGS', '-Wl,-rpath=' + bld.env['LIBDIR'])
+
     autowaf.set_recursive()
 
     if sys.platform == 'darwin':