diff --git a/mex/build/octave/mex.am b/mex/build/octave/mex.am
index f0da052beec5b86b93014806821871c652559451..e56e9ef67305997a849a5b28276e7802a673a64f 100644
--- a/mex/build/octave/mex.am
+++ b/mex/build/octave/mex.am
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ DEFS += -DMEXEXT=\".mex\"
 AM_CFLAGS = $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p CPICFLAG)
 AM_FFLAGS = $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p FPICFLAG)
 AM_CXXFLAGS = $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p CXXPICFLAG)
-AM_LDFLAGS = $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p DL_LDFLAGS)
+AM_LDFLAGS = $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p DL_LDFLAGS) -L"$(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p OCTLIBDIR)"
 
 LIBS += $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p OCTAVE_LIBS)
 LIBS += $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p BLAS_LIBS)