diff --git a/make/defs-orig.mk b/make/defs-orig.mk
index ca03b558..74a2b552 100644
--- a/make/defs-orig.mk
+++ b/make/defs-orig.mk
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ ALL_CSRC    = $(LOCAL_CSRC) $(PREREQ_CSRC)
 
 TEXTCLEAN   = $(wildcard *~ .*~ .*.swp *.rep)
 INCLUDE     = -I. -I$(TOPDIR)/include -I$(MODDIR)/include $(PROJECT_INCLUDE) $(LOCAL_INCLUDE)
-LIBDIR      = $(MODDIR)/lib
+INSTALL_LIBDIR = $(PREFIX)/lib
 LIB         = $(LIBDIR)/lib$(LIBNAME).a
 MEMBERS     = $(LIB)($(OBJ))
 #PREFIX      = ../# CAUTION: This breaks the installation in the project
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_DEBUG)
 CPPFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_DEBUG)
 endif
 
-INSTALLED_SHOBJS  = $(addprefix $(PREFIX)/lib/,$(SHOBJS))
+LIBDIR      = $(MODDIR)/lib
+INSTALLED_SHOBJS  = $(addprefix $(INSTALL_LIBDIR)/,$(SHOBJS))
 
 ifeq ($(USE_QT),true)
 USE_X = true 
diff --git a/make/rules.mk b/make/rules.mk
index 33a6cc98..4cd1bc4c 100644
--- a/make/rules.mk
+++ b/make/rules.mk
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ $(LIBDIR):
 moc_%.cpp: %.h
 	$(MOC) -o $@ $<
 
-lib%.so: %.o
+lib%.so: %.o # $(LIB)
 	$(CC) $< $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
 $(TOPDIR)/include:
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ endif
 $(LIBS):
 	make -C $(LIBDIR) all
 
-$(PREFIX)/lib/%.so: %.so
+$(INSTALL_LIBDIR)/%.so: %.so
 	$(INSTALL) $< $@
 
 $(PREFIX)/bin/$(EXE): $(EXE)