diff --git a/make/defs.mk b/make/defs.mk
index cde88b66..8b803e55 100644
--- a/make/defs.mk
+++ b/make/defs.mk
@@ -410,3 +410,6 @@ endif
 #export PROJECT PROJECT_CFLAGS PROJECT_CPPFLAGS PROJECT_LDFLAGS USE_TIMER
 
 
+NEW_LD_LIB_PATH = $(shell echo $(LDFLAGS) | sed 's/-[^L][^ ]*//g; s/-L[ ]*\([^ ]*\)[ ]*/\1:/g')
+
+
diff --git a/make/rules.mk b/make/rules.mk
index f4b9df52..25814d14 100644
--- a/make/rules.mk
+++ b/make/rules.mk
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ echo-development:
 
 echo-libpath:
 	@echo LD_LIBRARY_PATH = $(LD_LIBRARY_PATH)
+	@echo NEW_LD_LIB_PATH = $(NEW_LD_LIB_PATH)
 
 trace-marks:
 	for f in $(ALL_CPP); do \