diff --git a/makeinclude.in b/makeinclude.in
index 08d1e5bf2..9355aa2c5 100644
--- a/makeinclude.in
+++ b/makeinclude.in
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ LINKFLTKGL	= @LINKFLTKGL@
 LINKFLTKFORMS	= @LINKFLTKFORMS@ @LINKFLTK@
 LINKFLTKIMG	= @LINKFLTKIMG@ @LINKFLTK@ $(IMAGELIBS)
 LINKSHARED	= @DSOLINK@ @LINKSHARED@ $(IMAGELIBS)
-IMAGELIBS	= @IMAGELIBS@
+IMAGELIBS	= -L../lib @IMAGELIBS@
 
 # image libraries to build...
 IMAGEDIRS	= @JPEG@ @ZLIB@ @PNG@