diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
--- a/Setup.hs
+++ b/Setup.hs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 import qualified Distribution.Simple.UHC  as UHC
 import qualified Distribution.Simple.PackageIndex as PackageIndex
 import Distribution.PackageDescription as PD
-import Distribution.InstalledPackageInfo (ldOptions, extraGHCiLibraries, showInstalledPackageInfo)
+import Distribution.InstalledPackageInfo (ldOptions, extraGHCiLibraries, showInstalledPackageInfo, libraryDynDirs, libraryDirs)
 import System.Environment (getEnv, setEnv)
 
 main :: IO ()
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@
            Windows -> installedPkgInfoRaw' { Distribution.InstalledPackageInfo.ldOptions = fmap replaceMingw (Distribution.InstalledPackageInfo.ldOptions installedPkgInfoRaw') }
            _ -> installedPkgInfoRaw'
     let installedPkgInfo = installedPkgInfoRaw {
+                                libraryDynDirs = (libraryDynDirs installedPkgInfoRaw) ++ (libraryDirs installedPkgInfoRaw),
                                 -- this is what this whole register code is all about
                                 extraGHCiLibraries =
                                   case buildOS of
diff --git a/fltkhs.cabal b/fltkhs.cabal
--- a/fltkhs.cabal
+++ b/fltkhs.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name : fltkhs
-version : 0.5.1.4
+version : 0.5.1.5
 synopsis : FLTK bindings
 description:
     Low level bindings for the FLTK GUI toolkit. For installation and quick start instruction please scroll all the way down to the README.