diff --git a/scripts/projects.py b/scripts/projects.py
index c297827c..9870d86e 100644
--- a/scripts/projects.py
+++ b/scripts/projects.py
@@ -153,6 +153,17 @@ def get_libname(names):
         vals.remove('none')
     return ' '.join(reversed(vals))
 
+# -L needs to contain more paths than libs linked with -l would require
+def get_ldpathflags(names):
+    deps = get_modules_from_project_txt(names, 'pkg.required', 'run',
+            scope = 2, add_self=True, names_only=True)
+    r = ''
+    for m in deps:
+        libname = get_libname([m])
+        if len(libname):
+        	r = r + ' -L' + proj_dir(m) + '/lib'
+    print(r[1:])
+
 def get_ldflags(names):
     #print(names)
     deps = get_modules_from_project_txt(names, 'pkg.required', 'build',
@@ -162,8 +173,12 @@ def get_ldflags(names):
     for m in reversed(deps):
         libname = get_libname([m])
         if len(libname):
-            r = r + ' -L' + proj_dir(m) + '/lib -l' + libname
+            #r = r + ' -L' + proj_dir(m) + '/lib -l' + libname
+            r = r + ' -l' + libname
     if len(r):
+	ldpathflags = get_ldpathflags(names)
+	if ldpathflags:
+		r = ldpathflags + ' ' + r
         return r[1::]
     return ''