diff --git a/src/aclocal.m4 b/src/aclocal.m4
index cb10d6c3d..2fb7423a9 100644
--- a/src/aclocal.m4
+++ b/src/aclocal.m4
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ case "${host_os}" in
 		THREAD_LIBS='-lpthread'
 		SHARED_LDFLAGS="-shared ${LDFLAGS}"
 		BUNDLE_LDFLAGS="-shared ${LDFLAGS}"
-		LDRPATH='-Wl,--rpath,/usr/lib/ecl/'
+		LDRPATH='-Wl,--rpath,~A'
 		clibs="-ldl"
 		# Maybe CFLAGS="-D_ISOC99_SOURCE ${CFLAGS}" ???
 		CFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE ${CFLAGS}"
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ case "${host_os}" in
 		THREAD_LIBS='-lpthread'
 		SHARED_LDFLAGS="-shared ${LDFLAGS}"
 		BUNDLE_LDFLAGS="-shared ${LDFLAGS}"
-		LDRPATH='-Wl,--rpath,/usr/lib/ecl/'
+		LDRPATH='-Wl,--rpath,~A'
 		clibs="-ldl"
 		CFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE ${CFLAGS}"
 		;;
diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index e7388c5cd..097befc34 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -4251,7 +4251,7 @@ case "${host_os}" in
 		THREAD_LIBS='-lpthread'
 		SHARED_LDFLAGS="-shared ${LDFLAGS}"
 		BUNDLE_LDFLAGS="-shared ${LDFLAGS}"
-		LDRPATH='-Wl,--rpath,/usr/lib/ecl/'
+		LDRPATH='-Wl,--rpath,~A'
 		clibs="-ldl"
 		# Maybe CFLAGS="-D_ISOC99_SOURCE ${CFLAGS}" ???
 		CFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE ${CFLAGS}"
@@ -4272,7 +4272,7 @@ case "${host_os}" in
 		THREAD_LIBS='-lpthread'
 		SHARED_LDFLAGS="-shared ${LDFLAGS}"
 		BUNDLE_LDFLAGS="-shared ${LDFLAGS}"
-		LDRPATH='-Wl,--rpath,/usr/lib/ecl/'
+		LDRPATH='-Wl,--rpath,~A'
 		clibs="-ldl"
 		CFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE ${CFLAGS}"
 		;;