diff --git a/src/sbbs3/userlist/GNUmakefile b/src/sbbs3/userlist/GNUmakefile
index 49773dabe9a61e3f0048143143dd663d57866e89..d616b1a2fd2635971ade88746bd66d9fd11dc814 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/userlist/GNUmakefile
+++ b/src/sbbs3/userlist/GNUmakefile
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ include ../Common.gmake
 CFLAGS	+=	$(SBBS_CFLAGS) $(SMBLIB_CFLAGS) $(XPDEV-MT_CFLAGS) `wx-config --unicode --cflags`
 CXXFLAGS	+= $(CFLAGS)
 LDFLAGS	+=	`wx-config --unicode --libs` $(SMBLIB_LDFLAGS) $(XPDEV-MT_LDFLAGS) $(MT_LDFLAGS) $(SBBS_LDFLAGS) 
+ifdef SBBSDIR
+LD_RUN_PATH	:=	$(SBBSDIR)/exec:$(SBBS_SRC)/$(LIBODIR)
+else
+LD_RUN_PATH	:=	$(SBBS_SRC)/$(LIBODIR)
+endif
+export LD_RUN_PATH
 
 $(USERLIST): $(SBBS) $(OBJS)
 	@echo Linking $@