diff --git a/nsprpub/configure b/nsprpub/configure
index be5a0114ee2d..7de103f37cae 100755
--- a/nsprpub/configure
+++ b/nsprpub/configure
@@ -2823,7 +2823,7 @@ EOF
 #define SYSV 1
 EOF
 
-    DSO_LDOPTS='-brtl -bM:SRE -bnoentry -bexpall'
+    DSO_LDOPTS='-brtl -bM:SRE -bnoentry -bexpall -blibpath:/usr/lib:/lib'
     ac_safe=`echo "sys/atomic_op.h" | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
 echo $ac_n "checking for sys/atomic_op.h""... $ac_c" 1>&6
 echo "configure:2830: checking for sys/atomic_op.h" >&5
diff --git a/nsprpub/configure.in b/nsprpub/configure.in
index e84cde5fb123..af23f40f1fc9 100644
--- a/nsprpub/configure.in
+++ b/nsprpub/configure.in
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ case "$target" in
     AC_DEFINE(XP_UNIX)
     AC_DEFINE(AIX)
     AC_DEFINE(SYSV)
-    DSO_LDOPTS='-brtl -bM:SRE -bnoentry -bexpall'
+    DSO_LDOPTS='-brtl -bM:SRE -bnoentry -bexpall -blibpath:/usr/lib:/lib'
     AC_CHECK_HEADER(sys/atomic_op.h, AC_DEFINE(AIX_HAVE_ATOMIC_OP_H))
     case "${target_os}" in
     aix3.2*)