diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4bbe4f409..f197588f7 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def get_python_flags(cflags):
                 libs.append('-F' + val[:val.index('/Python.framework')])
         libs += ['-framework', sysconfig.get_config_var('PYTHONFRAMEWORK')]
     else:
-        libs += [sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBDIR')]
+        libs += ['-L' + sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBDIR')]
         libs += ['-lpython' + sysconfig.get_config_var('VERSION') + sys.abiflags]
         libs += sysconfig.get_config_var('LINKFORSHARED').split()
     return libs