diff --git a/src/cmp/cmpmain.lsp b/src/cmp/cmpmain.lsp
index cdf6f6eb8..ae4620d38 100755
--- a/src/cmp/cmpmain.lsp
+++ b/src/cmp/cmpmain.lsp
@@ -134,7 +134,10 @@ the environment variable TMPDIR to a different value." template))
      ,@(split-program-options *user-ld-flags*)
      ,@ld-flags
      ,(if (eq type :program)
-           (concatenate 'string "/IMPLIB:prog" (file-namestring o-pathname) ".lib") "" )))
+          (concatenate 'string "/IMPLIB:prog" (file-namestring o-pathname) ".lib")
+          "")
+     ,(concatenate 'string "/LIBPATH:"
+                   (ecl-library-directory))))
   (embed-manifest-file o-pathname type)
   (delete-msvc-generated-files o-pathname))