diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.UnixCommon b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.UnixCommon
index 585bc5442..ff4374398 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.UnixCommon
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.UnixCommon
@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@ VALID_BUILDS = Host Ioc
 GNU_DIR = /usr/local
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------
-SHRLIB_SEARCH_DIRS := $(foreach dir,$(SHRLIB_SEARCH_DIRS), \
-  $(shell perl $(TOOLS)/fullPathName.pl $(dir)))
+FULLPATHTOP= $(shell perl $(TOOLS)/fullPathName.pl $(TOP))
+# Get fullpathname of modules relative to TOP
+SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHTOP = $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_DIRS:$(TOP)/%=$(FULLPATHTOP)/%)
+# Get fullpathname of other relative dirs
+SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHDIRS = $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHTOP:.%= \
+  $(shell perl $(TOOLS)/fullPathName.pl .%)
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------
 # Unix prefix and suffix definitions
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.hpux-parisc b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.hpux-parisc
index fbbb01649..cf5c09cf5 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.hpux-parisc
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.hpux-parisc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ LOADABLE_SHRLIB_SUFFIX = .sl
 # Set runtime path for shared libraries
 empty:=                                      # trick from the make docs...
 space:= $(empty) $(empty)
-RUNTIME_LDFLAGS = -Wl,+b$(subst $(space),:,$(sort $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_DIRS))),+s
+RUNTIME_LDFLAGS = -Wl,+b$(subst $(space),:,$(sort $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHDIRS))),+s
 
 ifeq ($(BUILD_CLASS),CROSS)
    GNU_TARGET=parisc-hp-unix
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-sparc b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-sparc
index 6510dcbdf..d6b999771 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-sparc
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-sparc
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ OP_SYS_CPPFLAGS += -DSOLARIS=$(SOLARIS_VERSION) $(COMPILER_CPPFLAGS)
 OP_SYS_LDFLAGS +=  $(COMPILER_LDFLAGS)
 
 # Set runtime path for shared libraries
-RUNTIME_LDFLAGS = $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_DIRS:%=-R%)
+RUNTIME_LDFLAGS = $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHDIRS:%=-R%)
 
 ifeq ($(BUILD_CLASS),CROSS)
    GNU_TARGET=sparc-sun-solaris2
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-x86 b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-x86
index e5ebf8c0a..026f97100 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-x86
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-x86
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ OP_SYS_LDFLAGS +=  $(COMPILER_LDFLAGS)
 ARCH_DEP_CPPFLAGS = -D_X86_
 
 # Set runtime path for shared libraries
-RUNTIME_LDFLAGS = $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_DIRS:%=-R%)
+RUNTIME_LDFLAGS = $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHDIRS:%=-R%)
 
 ifeq ($(BUILD_CLASS),CROSS)
    GNU_TARGET=x86-sun-solaris2
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.win32-x86-cygwin b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.win32-x86-cygwin
index 9e61cf4a8..75594b26c 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.win32-x86-cygwin
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.win32-x86-cygwin
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ARCH_DEP_CPPFLAGS += -D_X86_
 OP_SYS_CPPFLAGS += -DCYGWIN32 -U_WIN32
 
 # Set runtime path for shared libraries
-RUNTIME_LDFLAGS = $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_DIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
+RUNTIME_LDFLAGS = $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_FULLPATHDIRS:%=-Wl,-rpath,%)
 
 LDLIBS_READLINE = -lcygreadline5 -lcygcurses7