diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.UnixCommon b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.UnixCommon
index c1c9acf5d..60daafa0f 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.UnixCommon
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.UnixCommon
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ VALID_BUILDS = Host Ioc
 # Gnu directory
 GNU_DIR = /usr/local
 
-#-------------------------------------------------------
-# Get fullpathname of relative dirs
-SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHDIRS = $(foreach dir,$(SHRLIB_SEARCH_DIRS), \
-  $(shell perl $(TOOLS)/fullPathName.pl $(dir)))
-
 #-------------------------------------------------------
 # Unix prefix and suffix definitions
 EXE =
@@ -55,8 +50,10 @@ SHRLIB_DEPLIBS=$(foreach lib, $(LIB_LIBS) $(USR_LIBS), \
 SHRLIB_LDLIBS = $(addprefix -l, $($*_LDLIBS) $(LIB_LIBS) $(USR_LIBS) \
  $($*_SYS_LIBS) $(LIB_SYS_LIBS) $(USR_SYS_LIBS)) $(LDLIBS)
 
-SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS = $(dir $($*_DEPLIBS)) $(dir $(SHRLIB_DEPLIBS))
-SHRLIBDIR_LDFLAGS += $(sort $(SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-L%))
+SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS = $(foreach word,$(sort $(dir $($*_DEPLIBS) $(SHRLIB_DEPLIBS))), \
+  $(shell perl $(TOOLS)/fullPathName.pl $(word)))
+
+SHRLIBDIR_LDFLAGS += $(SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-L%)
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------
 # Prod: DEPLIBS, LDFLAGS, and LDLIBS definitions
@@ -75,8 +72,10 @@ LDLIBS_SHARED_NO = LDLIBS
 PROD_LDLIBS += $($(firstword $(LDLIBS_STATIC_$(STATIC_BUILD)) \
                $(LDLIBS_SHARED_$(SHARED_LIBRARIES))))
 
-PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS = $(dir $($*_DEPLIBS)) $(dir $(PROD_DEPLIBS))
-PRODDIR_LDFLAGS += $(sort $(PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-L%))
+PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS = $(foreach word,$(sort $(dir $($*_DEPLIBS) $(PROD_DEPLIBS))), \
+  $(shell perl $(TOOLS)/fullPathName.pl $(word)))
+
+PRODDIR_LDFLAGS += $(PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-L%)
 
 #--------------------------------------------------
 # Link definitions
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.cygwin-x86 b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.cygwin-x86
index 7cf061514..ac9e3029a 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.cygwin-x86
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.cygwin-x86
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ ARCH_DEP_CPPFLAGS += -D_X86_
 OP_SYS_CPPFLAGS += -DCYGWIN32 -U_WIN32
 
 # Set runtime path for shared libraries
-RUNTIME_LDFLAGS = $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHDIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
+SHRLIBDIR_LDFLAGS += $(SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
+
+# Set runtime path for products
+PRODDIR_LDFLAGS += $(PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
 
 #  Definitions used when COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY is READLINE
 INCLUDES_READLINE = -I$(GNU_DIR)/include
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.freebsdCommon b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.freebsdCommon
index 5a920eb65..e8253a517 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.freebsdCommon
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.freebsdCommon
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ OP_SYS_CPPFLAGS += -Dfreebsd
 #OP_SYS_LDLIBS += -lrt
 
 # Set runtime path for shared libraries
-RUNTIME_LDFLAGS = $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHDIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
+SHRLIBDIR_LDFLAGS += $(SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
+
+# Set runtime path for products
+PRODDIR_LDFLAGS += $(PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
 
 #  Definitions used when COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY is READLINE
 LDLIBS_READLINE = -lreadline -lcurses
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.hpux-parisc b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.hpux-parisc
index fa3a30894..93a1cee7b 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.hpux-parisc
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.hpux-parisc
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ LOADABLE_SHRLIB_SUFFIX = .sl$(addprefix .,$(LOADABLE_SHRLIB_VERSION))
 # Set runtime path for shared libraries
 empty:=                                      # trick from the make docs...
 space:= $(empty) $(empty)
-RUNTIME_LDFLAGS = -Wl,+b$(subst $(space),:,$(sort $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHDIRS))),+s
+SHRLIBDIR_LDFLAGS += -Wl,+b$(subst $(space),:,$(SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS)),+s
+
+# Set runtime path for products
+PRODDIR_LDFLAGS += -Wl,+b$(subst $(space),:,$(PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS)),+s
 
 GNU_TARGET=parisc-hp-unix
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.interix-x86 b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.interix-x86
index 56baa2997..2a4c9e15e 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.interix-x86
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.interix-x86
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ ARCH_DEP_CPPFLAGS += -D_X86_
 OP_SYS_CPPFLAGS += -DUNIX
 
 # Set runtime path for shared libraries
-RUNTIME_LDFLAGS = $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHDIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
+SHRLIBDIR_LDFLAGS += $(SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
+
+# Set runtime path for products
+PRODDIR_LDFLAGS += $(PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
 
 #  Definitions used when COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY is READLINE
 INCLUDES_READLINE = -I$(GNU_DIR)/include
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.linux-arm b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.linux-arm
index 49324b5c3..eddb0625e 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.linux-arm
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.linux-arm
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ ARCH_CLASS = arm
 ARCH_DEP_CPPFLAGS += -D_ARM_NWFP_
 
 # Set runtime path for shared libraries
-#RUNTIME_LDFLAGS = $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_DIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
-RUNTIME_LDFLAGS = $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_DIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath-link,%)
+SHRLIBDIR_LDFLAGS += $(SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
+
+# Set runtime path for products
+PRODDIR_LDFLAGS += $(PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
 
 ifdef CROSS
    GNU_TARGET=arm-linux
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.linuxCommon b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.linuxCommon
index fafa7f9dc..d1cae64e3 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.linuxCommon
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.linuxCommon
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ OP_SYS_CPPFLAGS += -Dlinux
 OP_SYS_LDLIBS += -lrt
 
 # Set runtime path for shared libraries
-RUNTIME_LDFLAGS = $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHDIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
+SHRLIBDIR_LDFLAGS += $(SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
+
+# Set runtime path for products
+PRODDIR_LDFLAGS += $(PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
 
 #  Definitions used when COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY is READLINE
 LDLIBS_READLINE = -lreadline -lcurses
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-sparc b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-sparc
index ce2427b59..42c39ff37 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-sparc
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-sparc
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ OP_SYS_CPPFLAGS += -DSOLARIS=$(SOLARIS_VERSION) $(COMPILER_CPPFLAGS)
 OP_SYS_LDFLAGS +=  $(COMPILER_LDFLAGS)
 
 # Set runtime path for shared libraries
-RUNTIME_LDFLAGS = $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHDIRS:%=-R%)
+SHRLIBDIR_LDFLAGS += $(SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-R%)
+
+# Set runtime path for products
+PRODDIR_LDFLAGS += $(PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-R%)
+
 RUNTIME_LDFLAGS += $(RUNTIME_LDFLAGS_$(COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY))
 
 GNU_TARGET=sparc-sun-solaris2
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-x86 b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-x86
index 0601b60bd..22bdf43bc 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-x86
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-x86
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ OP_SYS_LDFLAGS +=  $(COMPILER_LDFLAGS)
 ARCH_DEP_CPPFLAGS = -D_X86_
 
 # Set runtime path for shared libraries
-RUNTIME_LDFLAGS = $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHDIRS:%=-R%)
+SHRLIBDIR_LDFLAGS += $(SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-R%)
+
+# Set runtime path for products
+PRODDIR_LDFLAGS += $(PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-R%)
+
 RUNTIME_LDFLAGS += $(RUNTIME_LDFLAGS_$(COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY))
 
 GNU_TARGET=x86-sun-solaris2
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.win32-x86-cygwin b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.win32-x86-cygwin
index 4af24518d..c1905b66b 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.win32-x86-cygwin
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.win32-x86-cygwin
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ EXE=.exe
 COMPILER_CPPFLAGS = -D_REENTRANT
 
 # Set runtime path for shared libraries
-RUNTIME_LDFLAGS = $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHDIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
+SHRLIBDIR_LDFLAGS += $(SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
+
+# Set runtime path for products
+PRODDIR_LDFLAGS += $(PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
 
 #  Definitions used when COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY is READLINE
 INCLUDES_READLINE = -I$(GNU_DIR)/include
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.darwinCommon.darwinCommon b/configure/os/CONFIG.darwinCommon.darwinCommon
index 15e056a23..1cd927905 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.darwinCommon.darwinCommon
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.darwinCommon.darwinCommon
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ CCC = $(GNU_BIN)/c++
 #
 SHRLIB_VERSION = $(EPICS_VERSION).$(EPICS_REVISION).$(EPICS_MODIFICATION)
 SHRLIB_LDFLAGS = -dynamiclib -flat_namespace -undefined suppress \
-       -install_name $(firstword $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHDIRS))/$@ \
+       -install_name $(shell perl $(TOOLS)/fullPathName.pl $(INSTALL_LIB))/$@ \
        -compatibility_version $(EPICS_VERSION).$(EPICS_REVISION) \
        -current_version $(SHRLIB_VERSION)
 SHRLIB_SUFFIX = .$(SHRLIB_VERSION).dylib
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.hpux-parisc b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.hpux-parisc
index 2e54cfb29..62f142f77 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.hpux-parisc
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.hpux-parisc
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 #    to $(INSTALL_LOCATION)/lib/$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH) (or wherever you install
 #    the EPICS shared libraries on your system) when invoking base
 #    executables, or
-# b) Add the path to SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHDIRS below, which will burn
+# b) Add the path to SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS and PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS below, which will burn
 #    the runtime search path into the executables.
 #SHARED_LIBRARIES=YES
 
 # This is the absolute path to the generic INSTALL_LOCATION, for SHARED_LIBRARY searches.
-SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHDIRS += /opt/epics/R$(EPICS_SHORT_VERSION)/base/$(EPICS_VERSION)-$(EPICS_REVISION)-$(EPICS_MODIFICATION)-$(EPICS_PATCH_LEVEL)$(EPICS_CVS_SNAPSHOT)$(EPICS_SITE_VSTRING)/lib/$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH)
+SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS += /opt/epics/R$(EPICS_SHORT_VERSION)/base/$(EPICS_VERSION)-$(EPICS_REVISION)-$(EPICS_MODIFICATION)-$(EPICS_PATCH_LEVEL)$(EPICS_CVS_SNAPSHOT)$(EPICS_SITE_VSTRING)/lib/$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH)
+PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS += /opt/epics/R$(EPICS_SHORT_VERSION)/base/$(EPICS_VERSION)-$(EPICS_REVISION)-$(EPICS_MODIFICATION)-$(EPICS_PATCH_LEVEL)$(EPICS_CVS_SNAPSHOT)$(EPICS_SITE_VSTRING)/lib/$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH)
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-x86 b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-x86
index 9b5dde3b8..a963c5c83 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-x86
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-x86
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 # a) LD_LIBRARY_PATH must include the full absolute pathname to
 #    $(INSTALL_LOCATION)/lib/$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH) when invoking base
 #    executables.
-# b) Add the runtime path to SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHDIRS, which will add
-#    the named directory to the list contained in the executables.
+# b) Add the runtime path to SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS and PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS, which 
+#    will add the named directory to the list contained in the executables.
 # c) Add the runtime path to /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig
 #    to inform the system of the shared library location.
 
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-x86_64 b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-x86_64
index 4c1387910..d4ba6a94a 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-x86_64
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-x86_64
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 # a) LD_LIBRARY_PATH must include the full absolute pathname to
 #    $(INSTALL_LOCATION)/lib/$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH) when invoking base
 #    executables.
-# b) Add the runtime path to SHRLIB_SEARCH_DIRS, which will add
-#    the named directory to the list contained in the executables.
+# b) Add the runtime path to SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS and PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS, which
+#    will add the named directory to the list contained in the executables.
 # c) Add the runtime path to /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig
 #    to inform the system of the shared library location.