diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix
index 0c3aeb07a1e1..5a5df9eed3ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     wrapProgram $out/bin/guile-snarf --prefix PATH : "${gawk}/bin"
   '';
 
+  preBuild = ''
+    sed -e '/lt_dlinit/a  lt_dladdsearchdir("'$out/lib'");' -i libguile/dynl.c
+  '';
+
   doCheck = true;
 
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;