diff --git a/c_src/build_deps.sh b/c_src/build_deps.sh
index cab9e4a..20c539c 100755
--- a/c_src/build_deps.sh
+++ b/c_src/build_deps.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ case "$1" in
                          --enable-bzip2 \
                          --prefix=$BASEDIR/system && \
             make -j && make install)
-	cp system/bin/wt ../priv
-	cp system/lib/*.so ../priv
+	[ -d $BASEDIR/../priv ] || mkdir $BASEDIR/../priv
+	cp $BASEDIR/system/bin/wt $BASEDIR/../priv
+	cp $BASEDIR/system/lib/*.so $BASEDIR/../priv
         ;;
 esac
diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 701571a..52d6171 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 {port_env, [
             {"DRV_CFLAGS",  "$DRV_CFLAGS -Werror -I c_src/system/include"},
-            {"DRV_LDFLAGS", "$DRV_LDFLAGS -Wl,-rpath -Wl,priv -Lpriv -lwiredtiger"}
+            {"DRV_LDFLAGS", "$DRV_LDFLAGS -Wl,-rpath,lib/wterl/priv:priv -Lpriv -lwiredtiger"}
            ]}.
 
 {pre_hooks, [{compile, "c_src/build_deps.sh"}]}.